Zeme naga

Zeme Naga is one of the important Naga tribes inhabiting northeastern states of India i.e. Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, and Tripura. Zeme Nagas are chiefly found in North Cachar Hills district of Assam. However, they have a sizeable population in Manipur and also in Nagaland. They have close ethnic/cultural affinity with three other cognet tribes, viz. Liangmei, Rongmei and Paomei Nagas of Manipur. A scanty population of these three tribes is also found in Nagaland.

In Manipur, the Zemes and Liangmeis together are known as "Kachcha Naga", while the Rongmei Nagas as "Kabuis". During the early 20th Century, these tribes politically united into one group called "Zeliangrong" (Ze+Liang+Rong), drawing from the first syllable of the three important groups, i.e. 'Ze' from 'Zeme', 'Liang' from 'Liangmei' and 'Rong' from 'Rongmei'.

Bibliography

* Bower, Ursula Graham 1950, The Naga Path, London.
* Roy, Babul 1998, The Socio-Cultural and Environmental Dimension of Tribal Health: A Study Among the Dimasa Kacharis and the Zeme Nagas of North Cachar Hills in Assam" Ph.D Thesis (Unpublished), Gauhati University, Guwahati-781009, Assam (India).
* Roy, Babul 2002, Folk Medicine and Folk Therapeautic Principle among the Zeme Nagas of N. C. Hills in Assam (India), Curer.
* Roy, Babul 2003, Zeme Naga Gender Relationships in Practice and in Symbolic Perception, Journal of Indian Anthropological Society, Kolkata.
* Roy, Babul 2004, Folk Perception of Illness and Curative Measures among the Zeme Nagas in N.C. Hills (Assam), Journal of Indian Anthropological Society, Kolkata.