Angamkhamrang

Reminiscing Phalee Luitã Phanit – The Seed Sowing Festival By- O.T. Ramshan Come March and you’ll get to see the glory of the yester years in its full description. As the season of spring sets in and the rhythm of the wind changes, the village is now in the mood of celebration. With the leaves on every tree now sprouting new shoots, the whole countryside is in lush full green and the blossoming wild cherries heralds the coming of the New Year. And the youths are now so upbeat to throng the village ground with all the traditional attires to showcase the rich cultural heritage of our forefathers. The village street is painted red with the folks, young and old, adorning themselves with Haora and Chonkhom. The essential identity of the Tangkhuls, as it were, has been rather cultural. Every Tangkhul village in the days of yore might well look like a politically independent unit with the power of wielding the village emanating from the chief of the village, but in its schematic theorizat...