Kohima w Nagaland. Indie

Kohima jest stolicą Indyjskiego stanu Nagaland. Przyjechałem do Kohimy nocnym autobusem z prowincji Assam.
Miasteczko leży na wysokości 1,400 metrów. W marcu temperatura dzienna oscyluje wokół 20 stopni. 
Ucieczka przed upałami z doliny rzeki Bramaputra była połowiczna. Było tutaj trochę chłodnawo.

Znalazłem hotel i ruszyłem poznawać lokalsów. Oprócz Hindusów z Assam i Bengalczyków, mieszka tam oczywiście tysiące Angamów, Ao i przedstawicieli pozostałych plemion Nagalandu. Wielu mieszkańców Kohimy chodzi po mieście zawiniętych w opończe lub koce.
Tropilane kraje ciągle mnie zaskakują. 

Pamiętajcie, warto zabrać ze sobą do Nagalandu dobre butki, kurtkę, a nawet czapkę. 

How I lived in Nagaland.

A trip to Indian part of Nagaland.

I arrived Khonoma village in a taxi van.

I found a cosy accomodation run by one grandma.

Grandma cooked for me rice, vagetables and meat.

The rice came from the village and was organic as well as beans and pumpkin. Delicious simple food.

I slept on the first floor in a spacious room with hardwood floor and a balcony.

The day began with coffee.

The magnificent view from my balcony encouraged to explore the next villages hidden behind the hills with rice terraces.

The Ao Naga.

I'd visited the local museum in Kohima before I hit the trails in Nagaland. The museum has great collection of tribal jewelry and weapons used in the area some decades ago.

The Ao woman on her way to the festival.

Such necklaces and cotton blankets still can find in Naga Hills, especially on the other side of border, in Burma.

There is an interesting book about the Ao Naga written in 1920's by J.P.Mills. The new reprint was published by Government of Nagaland in 2003. You will learn from this book about local tattoos, beliefs and headhunting raids.

The Angami women from Mezoma. Nagaland

The Angamis are one of the 14 Naga tribes of Nagaland state in India.
An estimated number of the Angamis living in Naga Hills is 200,000.

The oldest generation of women in Mezoma village.

The young women met on the way from Mezoma to Khonoma village.

Watch the eldest man in Nagaland.