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A full moon appears as dusk darkens Kohimaâ€™s sky. Very soon lights will come on to make the hillsides sparkle. The Angami and the Khasi believe that the sun being a woman is afraid of darkness and hence moves about only by day. The husband (the moon) comes out for a stroll when the sun returns home. Despite a ceasefire since 1997 with insurgents striving for a Greater Nagaland, commercial activity ceases early. This is a carryover from years of curfew, when insurgent activity started in the 1950s.

Dawn lifts a blanket of clouds from Nagalandâ€™s valleys. Deep valleys, dense forests and humidity cause an inversion of temperature, resulting in a daily procession of clouds filling the valleys in the evenings. Watching the slow unveiling of the valleys in the mornings in an unforgettable experience. The Dhansiri, Doyang and Dikhu rivers have carved out the main river valleys. The topography of the land of the Naga consists of a series of north-south parallel mountain ranges varying from 636 ft. to 10,000 ft. These ranges are linked by a crisscross of spurs and ridges. According to an Angami legend, the sky was once smaller than the earth. At night the earth wanted to cover itself up with the sky. So the earth crinkled its toes and folded its legs. That is why the sky is so smooth and the earth so crumpled with valleys and mountains.

Dawn lifts a blanket of clouds from Nagalandâ€™s valleys. Deep valleys, dense forests and humidity cause an inversion of temperature, resulting in a daily procession of clouds filling the valleys in the evenings. Watching the slow unveiling of the valleys in the mornings in an unforgettable experience. The Dhansiri, Doyang and Dikhu rivers have carved out the main river valleys. The topography of the land of the Naga consists of a series of north-south parallel mountain ranges varying from 636 ft. to 10,000 ft. These ranges are linked by a crisscross of spurs and ridges. According to an Angami legend, the sky was once smaller than the earth. At night the earth wanted to cover itself up with the sky. So the earth crinkled its toes and folded its legs. That is why the sky is so smooth and the earth so crumpled with valleys and mountains.

Dense rain forests clothe Nagalandâ€™s mountains. This forest in northern Tuensang. Forests cover 85 % of the landmass of the State. Virgin, inaccessible forests amount to a third of forested land.

Jhum fields glow under cloud-darkened skies. Shifting cultivation (jhumming) is a widespread though controversial practice in Indiaâ€™s northeastern region.

Jhum fields glow under cloud-darkened skies. Shifting cultivation (jhumming) is a widespread though controversial practice in Indiaâ€™s northeastern region.

Terraced fields create flowing abstract patterns on Angami hillsides.

Terraced fields create flowing abstract patterns on Angami hillsides.

Terraced fields create flowing abstract patterns on Angami hillsides.

Konyak women jhumming after the fields have been fired and cleared.

Sangnyu of Ungma shouts a war cry while dancing.

The Tsungrem Mong Festival of the Ao Naga.

Men and women of Longsa prepare themselves for a tug of war.

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