Aoleang Festival

Aoleang Festival Complete Travel Guide to the Konyak Festival of Nagaland   If you want to experience Nagaland beyond the famous Hornbill Festival, the Aoleang Festival should be high on your list. Aoleang, also known as Aoleang Monyu, is the principal traditional festival of the Konyak Nagas of Mon district. It is connected with the […]

Headhunters of Nagaland

Headhunters of Nagaland History, Konyak Warriors, Tattoos & Where to Meet the Last Generation Nagaland is known for misty mountains, colourful festivals, tribal villages and some of the richest indigenous cultures in India. But there is one part of Nagaland’s history that has fascinated travellers, photographers, historians and documentary filmmakers for decades: the Headhunters of […]

Things to Do in Longwa Village

Things to Do in Longwa Village Complete Travel & Experience Guide Longwa is not a destination where you arrive, take a few photographs and leave. The real beauty of Longwa lies in its people, stories, borderland geography and the living culture of the Konyak Nagas. You need to walk through the village, sit inside local […]

Longwa Village Travel Guide

Longwa Village Travel Guide Headhunters, Angh’s House, India-Myanmar Border & Konyak Culture If you are looking for a Longwa Village Travel Guide, chances are you have already seen photographs of tattooed Konyak warriors, the famous India-Myanmar border, traditional guns, enormous log drums and the Angh’s house said to sit along the international boundary. But Longwa […]

Places to Visit in Nagaland

Places to Visit in Nagaland: A Detailed Travel Guide to the Land of Festivals Nagaland is one of those places that is difficult to understand from photographs alone. You can see pictures of Dzukou Valley, the rice terraces of Khonoma, Konyak villages around Mon, or the colourful Hornbill Festival and think you know what Nagaland […]

Aoling Festival in Nagaland – Your Complete Travel Guide

Aoling Festival in Nagaland – Your Complete Travel Guide The Aoling Festival in Nagaland is one of the most authentic cultural events you can attend in Northeast India. It is the spring celebration of the Konyak Naga tribe, held every year in the first week of April in Mon district. For the Konyak people, Aoling […]