ABSTRACT
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. Contributors from diverse disciplines and backgrounds have delved into the cultural heritage of the state’s variegated tribes. Nagaland a hilly state in North-East India had been the centre of British colonialism and American Baptist mission. This cultural contact is significantly reflected in the socio-cultural life, and the contributors have shed light on the continuities and changes. This volume highlights the multiplicity of cultural traditions that are specific to various tribes inhabiting sixteen districts of Nagaland, since their experiences of modernity and cultural contact with ‘others’ have been diverse.
The contributors have mainly focussed on the cultural heritage of the majority Naga tribes, but other tribes like the Kukis and Kacharis are part and parcel of the cultural melting pot of Nagaland, and this volume in a way underscores the cultural exchange and interactions.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|109 pages
Heritage, Beliefs And History
chapter Chapter 5|20 pages
History, Heritage and Identity A Study on the Kukis of Naga Hills, 1832-1963
chapter Chapter 6|9 pages
Situating the Oral Narratives and History from the Battle of Kohima in the Second World War
part II|84 pages
Memory Culture, Oral Tradition and Intangible Cultural Heritage
chapter Chapter 9|16 pages
Changki's Traditional Practice of Leopard Hunting and its Implication on the Nature of Culture
chapter Chapter 10|11 pages
Festivals and Agrarian Socio-economic Formation The Case of the Chakhesang Naga of Nagaland
part III|40 pages
Artefacts, Material Culture And Mnemonic Objects
chapter Chapter 12|12 pages
Gendered Body, Performance and Inscription
part IV|66 pages
Indigenous Knowledge, Technology And Sustainable Practices