‘Nagaland’ is one of the seven sister states in the North-east of India. This ‘land of festivals’ is a virgin gem of a land, filled with tribal people, who very laboriously try to maintain their identity and culture. Almost every month of the year, there is one festival or other in Nagaland, celebrated by one tribe or other. Villages in Nagaland have sixteen major tribes, of which, every tribe and sub-tribe has their unique houses with unique furniture, traditional ornaments, and even dresses which are mostly made of natural fabrics and some animal and plant products. This land is scenic as well as rich in its tradition and history. Mesmerizing and quite nature and culturally rich villages are thus part and parcel of Nagaland and its lyrical songs and unique dance forms are well known.

TOP ACTIVITIES TO INDULGE IN WHEN IN VILLAGES IN NAGALAND

• Communicate With The Locals: Rural tourism is all about being harmonious with the village and its people, and as such interacting with the people in village, talking with them, and being herd will be the icebreaker for you in this tour. The people of Phusachodu are warm and will surely make you feel homely, so forget the awkwardness and go all inquisitive. Enquire about everything from their cuisine to their dressing. The houses, the adornments used are many times symbolic for their respective tribes, and thus you can ask them about all these things.
• Wearing Traditional Clothes: If you love their traditional dresses and feel, that you are of the same size. Try and ask politely if you can try dressing in their traditional dress or even enquire if there is any place these dresses can be bought. Make sure, you are not demanding.
• Tasting The Delicious Traditional Cuisine: Beginning with your dinner on the night of your first stay, you’ll be living in the village house. Thus, your meals will be home cooked by your host family and will be their authentic traditional cuisine. Dog meat and even birds like pigeon are favorite delicacies here. Pork and bamboo shoots and rice constitute as a major part of their diet and are a delicious treat. Make sure to let them know in advance if you are averse to any of these so that they’ll prepare accordingly.
• Learn Cooking The Traditional Cuisine: As your meals are being cooked in the house itself, you can volunteer to learn cooking. Make sure to learn about various dishes and side-dishes preferred here. You can try and make them divulge some of their rarest recopies.
• Livestock Rearing: Chickens, pigs, and cows are the livestock reared here. Hence, you can learn about and try your hand at various livestock rearing related activities such as milking and bathing the cows, picking up the eggs. You can even try with communicating with the animals
• Enjoy Folk Music And Dance: Nagaland being the land of festivals, every month there is one or the other festival being celebrated by one or the other tribe. If you are lucky enough to be in the village at the time of the festival, you are in for a treat. Nevertheless, you can enquire about the various folk instruments and folk dances within the tribe. My be someone can even demonstrate for you.