The Konyak villages of Mon: where headhunting history meets a tattoo revival
In the Konyak villages of Mon district, the last elders who earned facial tattoos as warriors…
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Languages, textiles, music, rituals and the living traditions of the Northeast.
Shillong’s gospel choirs: the Sunday sound that defined a city
On Sunday mornings, Shillong’s churches fill with a sound that has defined the city for a…
The Chowk Bazaar of Agartala: a hundred years of trading on the border
Chowk Bazaar has traded for a hundred years, outliving empires, a partition and two wars. Its…
Mizoram’s rock bands head to the hills: a new tour circuit for Aizawl’s music
Mizoram’s music scene, long centred on Aizawl’s clubs and church halls, is spreading to the district…
Assam’s ‘mising’ river culture: floating houses and the art of living with water
The Mising people, who migrated to Assam’s river plains centuries ago, have perfected a way of…
Arunachal’s tribal councils meet the 21st century: digitising customary law
The kebang and nyeder councils of Arunachal’s tribes, which have settled village disputes for centuries, are…
The Charaideo maidams: Assam’s royal mounds step closer to world heritage
The maidams of Charaideo — the hilltop burial mounds of Assam’s Ahom kings — have moved…
The Idu Mishmi’s sacred groves: how Arunachal’s forests keep their own laws
The Idu Mishmi people of the Dibang valley hold certain forests sacred — places where hunting,…
The night bazaar of Haflong: Assam’s hill station trades after dark
Haflong, Assam’s only hill station, has discovered the night: a weekly bazaar along the lake’s edge…
Nagaland’s Naga wrestling: the village sport that refuses to gentrify
In the paddy fields of Wokha district, Naga wrestling — a grip-and-toss contest with its own…