Naga Orpheus | Tsapila Anar sings La Amui

Tsapila Anar sings La Amui, an original composition by Ajung, in the Final Round of the Naga Orpheus Hunt 2011



Source: Naga Orpheus

RAMP Magazine : Emerging Nagaland (promotional video)

About this video (excerpt from the source video description):
"This was a promotional video shoot for RAMP magazine. The latest issue of the magazine includes the article "Emerging Nagaland" on four young entrepreneurs Aben, Zuboni, Athem and Ringo. The video is a production of NEbuzz and Design Stash and was shot during the interviews and the photo session for the article.
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Source: NE BUZZ on YouTube

Lotha women weaving on back strap looms | Longsa village, Wokha,Nagaland

Video Volunteers -Weavers Need A Helping Hand by Renchano Humtsoe

Source: Video Volunteers
YouTube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/VideoVolunteers

An excerpt from the YouTube Video description:
"The weaving tradition of Lotha Naga tribals is becoming rare as young generation stays away from it. In Wokha district of Nagaland where Lotha tribals like our correspondent Renchano lives, most of the young men and women are unaware of the great value attached to their hand-woven clothes. The craft is now practiced only by a few women of the older generation and the fall out of this is, young Nagas are getting alienated from their history and traditions. For a Naga tribe, any hand-woven cloth is much more than just a piece of warm clothing. It is an indicator of his community and his social standing. So every Naga tribe has it's own distinct designs. Each of these design has multiple patterns and together they are supposed to reflect the wearer's complete identity -- which tribe he belongs to, the group of villages he came from, his social status and the number of ritual feasts he had performed. The clothes, especially the shawl woven by the Lotha tribe has several patterns which indicate the number of social feasts given by the wearer. Interestingly all the designs are woven only by women. But unlike before now young Naga women often travel to other states either for higher education or jobs which keep them away from home. As a result, they don't get to learn weaving which is so crucial for their tribe. Renchano, a Lotha Naga tribal herself, doesn't know how to weave as she spent several years out of Wokha. She points this out as a reason why the tradition of weaving slowly vanishing. And as production of shawls and other woven materials decrease, imitations of Naga shawls are now being produced by machines in Delhi, Chennai, Patna or wherever and being sold at a little over Rs 100, when an original shawl of the same design should fetch nothing less than Rs 1,000-1,500 in the Nagaland government shops. Renchano says, it's important that the tribals themselves value their tradition, instead of blaming others for creating replicas of their hand-woven crafts. As we see in her video, Renchano herself became more aware of the value of weaving while producing this video. She has now decided to learn the art of weaving and practice it in future. She wants others young members of the community also take pride in their craft and help preserve it."

All praise on Naga Women commandos for CWG security

The Naga Women Commandos were in Delhi to provide security during the Common Wealth Games, . The media was all praise for them.  Fell proud for our Naga women commandos setting an example.

Source: newsx
The first women police battalion from Nagaland is providing security at venues of the ongoing Commonwealth Games 2010. Around 600 women personnel are patrolling the streets and ensuring maximum security for the mega-sporting event. They are a part of the Indian reserve battalions, formed exclusively for Games duty and will be based in Delhi till October 15.