期刊名称：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
电子版ISSN：1308-5581
出版年度：2022
卷号：14
期号：5
页码：4019-4023
DOI：10.9756/INTJECSE/V14I5.462
语种：English
出版社：International Journal of Early Childhood Special Education
摘要：Nagaland, a land of exotic charm and diverse culture, splendid mountains and rivers, abundant greenery and wild life, is home to sixteen major tribes and several other sub-tribes as per the official record of the Government of Nagaland (2004). Each of these tribes has their own distinct identity and culture, and is distinguished by their unique traditional attires and the dialects they speak and varies in their socio-political systems as well. One of the most recognised tribes from Nagaland are the Lotha Nagas who occupy the Wokha district in the hilly mid-western part of the state. Originally known as the Kyongs, the Lotha Nagas have noteworthy difference from other native communities worldwide in terms of their socio-cultural milieu. They have their own customary laws and social system which help them to exist as a community as well as to govern their day to day life. The tribe shows significant variance in terms of their cultural practices as well and even in their appearance from the other Indigenous communities of the state. In 1922, with the publication of J.P Mills’ monograph, The Lhota Nagas, a detailed graphic description of the tribe, “whose dour attitude towards inquirers has caused them to be somewhat neglected in the past” (Mills, 1922, p. v), comes to the fore. Thereafter, the origin and migration history of this tribe, their domestic life, the laws and customs of their society, religious faith and many other aspects of their everyday living captured the attention of the critics and theoreticians of Indigenous studies. Mill’s ethnographic research on this hunter-gatherer community has shown how the cultural landscape of the Lotha Nagas has changed over the years due to the infiltration of various migrant populations.
关键词：Nagaland;a land of exotic charm and diverse culture;splendid mountains and rivers;abundant greenery and wild life
