The Cultural Heritage of Nagaland

This volume gives an in-depth account of cultural heritage of Nagaland covering important themes like cultural beliefs, traditional knowledge, material culture, and social institutions.

Autorentext

G. Kanato Chophy is Assistant Professor at Department of Anthropology, Dibrugarh University, Dibrugarh, Assam. He has earlier been Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Centre of Excellence, Centre for North-East India Studies, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha. He is the author of Christianity and Politics in Tribal India: Baptist Missionaries and Naga Nationalism (2021), and Constructing the Divine: Religion and World View of a Naga Tribe in North-East India (2019).

Sarit K. Chaudhuri was the former Director of IGRMS, Bhopal, and is currently working as Professor & Dean, Faculty of Social Sci­ences at the Department of Anthropology, Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills, Arunachal Pradesh.

Inhalt

Introduction PART I: HERITAGE, BELIEFS AND HISTORY 1. An Overview of Cultural Heritage of Nagaland 2. Clan, Village and the Angami Language 3. Colonial and Post-colonial Anthropology among the Nagas 4. Interaction between Colonial Agencies and Naga World-view: A Study of Social Change among the Ao Nagas, 1870-1955 5. History, Heritage and Identity: A Study onthe Kukis of Naga Hills, 1832-1963 6. Situating the Oral Narratives and History fromthe Battle of Kohima in the Second World War PART II: MEMORY CULTURE, ORAL TRADITION AND INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE 7. Dzükou: The Heritage and Ethereal Garden of the Nagas 8. Sacred Grove: A Culture Heritage of Nagaland 9. Changki's Traditional Practice of Leopard Huntingand its Implication on the Nature of Culture 10. Festival and Agrarian Socio-economic Formation:The Case of the Chakhesang Naga of Nagaland 11. Preservation of Intangible Cultural Heritage: A Comparison between the Nagas and the Indigenous People of East Africa PART III: ARTEFACTS, MATERIAL CULTURE AND MNEMONIC OBJECTS 12. Gendered Body, Performance and Inscription:Shifted Meanings of Personal Adornmentsamong the Sumi Naga of Nagaland 13. Symbolism of Hair and Ornamentation 14. Cultural Values Embedded in Morung 15. Making of a Naga Heritage