Wangala 2026: the hundred-drum dance thunders through Garo Hills
At Asanang, the traditional seat of the Wangala festival, a hundred drums beat as one while…
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The Garo Hills’ community forests: a quiet model for climate resilience
In the Garo Hills, forests are not a government line on a map — they are…
Ziro Valley’s Apatani paddy fields seek UNESCO recognition
The Apatani people of the Ziro valley cultivate rice in a system so precise it has…
Nagaland’s millet revival: a lost grain returns to Naga plates
The millets that fed Naga villages for generations were pushed aside by rice and instant noodles…
The Dimasa villages of the Barail range: mapping a forest people’s future
The Dimasa people of the Barail range are undertaking an unusual exercise: mapping their ancestral lands…
The Zeme-Naga people of Peren: a farming festival that doubles as a peace treaty
The Hega festival of the Zeme-Naga people is many things at once: a harvest feast, a…
The Naga tobacco fields of the Yimchungrü hills: a crop in the crossfire
In the Yimchungrü hills of Tuensang district, tobacco is not a habit but a crop —…
The Apatani fish-in-field tradition: aquaculture that never floods a paddy
In the Apatani valley’s terraced fields, rice and fish share the same water: fingerlings released at…