The Mizoram bamboo church: a 100-year-old sanctuary built without a single nail
The church at Serchhip, built in 1926 from interlocked bamboo without a single nail, has outlived…
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Category: Culture & Heritage
Languages, textiles, music, rituals and the living traditions of the Northeast.
The Rabha people of the Goalpara belt: weaving the shawl that tells a story
The shawls of the Rabha people, woven in the villages of the Goalpara belt, carry bands…
The Arunachal textile revival: from Apatani shawls to a hill-state brand
Arunachal Pradesh’s 26 major tribes weave at least as many distinct textile traditions — from the…
The village of Kongthong: where babies are named after their own whistles
In the Khasi village of Kongthong, mothers give each child a spoken name and a whistled…
The Kuki-Chin villages of the Churachandpur hills: between memory and recovery
The hill towns of Churachandpur district, at the centre of Manipur’s conflict, are engaged in the…
The Great Indian Hornbill count: Nagaland’s biggest bird census
The great hornbill — the bird whose silhouette crowns Nagaland’s biggest festival — is the subject…
The Sikh heritage of Nagaon: a century of the langar on Assam’s plains
The gurdwara at Chaparmukh, built a century ago by Sikh families who came to Assam with…
The Arunachal midwifery revival: bringing traditional birth attendants into the system
In Arunachal’s high villages, the traditional birth attendant — the woman who has caught every baby…
The Dimasa queen’s legacy: how a 19th-century warrior-ruler still shapes Dima Hasao
The story of the Dimasa queen who led her people against the British in the early…
The Shillong street food map: where the city’s night kitchens live
Shillong’s night kitchens — the family-run stalls that feed the city after dark with smoked pork,…