Current Context : Recently, the Rengma Naga tribe concluded a two-day celebration of the Ngada festival-cum-Mini Hornbill Festival at the Tseminyu RSA ground in Nagaland.

About Rengma Naga Tribe:

• Ethnic Group: Tibeto-Burman.
• States: Predominantly in Nagaland and Assam.
• Names: Refer to themselves as “Njong” or “Injang”.
• Racial Stock: Mongoloid.
• Migration History: Believed to have migrated from Southeast Asia across the Yunnan mountains to Upper Burma before settling in their current region.

Economic Activities:

• Primary occupation:
• Practices: Jhum cultivation (slash-and-burn) and wet cultivation for paddy.

Festival : “Ngada” is the most important festival of Rengma tribes.