Tutsa

Tutsa

Tutsa is a Naga tribe living in southern parts of Changlang and the eastern part of Tirap districts of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh. Ethnically, the Tutsa are closely related to the Tangsa and were classified as members of the Tangsa in all census records until 1981. [cite book|title=Encyclopaedia of Indian Tribes|author=S.S. Shashi|publisher=Anmol Publications PVT. LTD|year=2004|pages=181|isbn=8170418364] As of 2001 their population stood at 25,000.

The harvest festival of Pongtu is the principal festival of the Tutsa.

The Tutsa are traditionally followers of Animism. Of late, Baptist missionaries partially supported by NSCNhave converted some Tutsa to Christianity. The sizeable Christian Tutsa community have formed the Tutsa Baptist Churches Council (TBCC).

References

External links

* [http://www.ethnologue.com/show_language.asp?code=tvt Ethnologue profile]
* [http://arunachalpradesh.nic.in/press/13042004b.htm Pongtu festival of Tutsa tribe celebrated at Changlang]
* [http://www.nscnonline.org/webpage/legislators_of_AP_meet_nscn_im_leaders.htm Legislators of AP meet NSCN (IM) leaders]
* [http://www.christianpersecution.info/news/missionaries-arrested-in-northeast-india/ Missionaries Arrested in Northeast India]
* [http://www.hvk.org/articles/0705/94.html Insurgency in Nagaland and region are supported by “church and the ISI”: Bajaj]


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