North East Christian University (NECU) organized its 2nd annual regional “Symposium on Naga Culture” from December 9 to 10 at its campus, Dimapur.
The symposium was sponsored by the North Eastern Council (NEC), under the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region (DoNER), and co-sponsored by the Heritage Publishing House, Dimapur. Being a complementary event to the annual Hornbill Festival, the symposium showcased diverse aspects of the Naga culture and its heritage through literature, fine arts, and traditional practices by inviting speakers, resources persons, folklorists, etc. from Nagaland and across the North Eastern States.
Resource persons, who participated included eminent personalities like Dr. Akum Longchari, Kahuto Chishi GB-Hevishe Village, Rev. Dr. Yangkahao Vashum, Dr. Anungla Aier Rtd. Director of Higher and Technical Education and Bano Haralu editor, Nagaland Today along with renown cultural artiste such as Mo Naga award-winning traditional tattoo artist, Hojevi Cappo traditional and indigenous music artiste, among many others.
The two-day symposium was aimed to inform, consider, unlearn, innovate, and understand the essential aspects of what it meant to be “Naga” with its concomitant “Culture.” The dialogue included sessions on the legacies of the past such as traditional laws and customs and how they erect the structures in the society. Through-out the symposium, sessions were held to illustrate the indispensable link that fundamentally connects the identity and religion with the nature, environment, and its conservation.
The symposium also showcased how traditional musical instruments and songs were deeply embedded with the environment.
The symposium was attended by special guests and invitees, along with faculties and students from university and colleges across Dimapur.