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Tangkhul Naga
Tangkhul Naga elder.jpg
Tangkhul Naga elder in a ceremonial dress
Total population
680,000 approx. (India and Myanmar)
Regions with significant populations
Languages
Tangkhul language, other Tangkhulic languages and other Naga languages
Religion
Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Baptist, Adventism, Animism.[1]
Related ethnic groups
Meitei people, Naga tribes, Chin.

The Tangkhuls are a major ethnic group living in the Indo-Burma border area, occupying the Ukhrul district and Kamjong district in Manipur, India and the Somra tract hills, Layshi township, Homalin township and Tamu Township in Burma. Despite this international border, many Tangkhul have continued to regard themselves as "one nation".[2]

Relationship with the Meiteis

Statue of Haoreima, a Meitei goddess who's of Tangkhul origin, installed in the Kakching Garden of Kakching district, Manipur
Statue of Haoreima, a Meitei goddess who's of Tangkhul origin, installed in the Kakching Garden of Kakching district, Manipur

Haoreima, the Meitei goddess of tragic love and separation, was actually a deified person of the Tangkhul origin.[3][4] She was a daughter of Khelemba, a Tangkhul chief of Chingdai village, and was married to Khamlangba,[a] a Tangkhul chief of Chingshong village. Despite getting married to Khamlangba, she secretly had a love affair with Meitei king Meidingu Tabungba, also called Tabung Saphaba (1359-1394). Upon discovering the secret relationship between the two, Khamlangba, getting furious, beheaded Tabung Saphaba.[5] Shocked by the tragic death of her lover, Haoreima took away her lover's head to the Kanglei Pungmayol. Later, she also died, following her lover's path and was eventually venerated as the Meitei goddess of tragic love and separation. She is also identified as goddess Ireima, who's also an incarnation of goddess Panthoibi of the Meitei pantheon.[6]

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Further reading

Notable people

Notes

  1. ^ He is eponymous with Meitei God Khamlangba, because "Khamlangba" is a popular male given name in Kangleipak (Manipur).

References

  1. ^ "Naga, Tangkhul".
  2. ^ Khamrang, Khayaipam (2000) "The Tangkhul Naga Tribe between Tradition and Modernity" pp. 37–71, page 49, In Frei, Fritz (editor) (2000) Inkulturation zwischen Tradition und Modernität: Kontext, Begriffe, Modelle Freiberg University Press, Freiberg, Switzerland, ISBN 3-7278-1292-3
  3. ^ Hareshwar Goshwami (2004). History of the People of Manipur (Revised ed.). London: Yaol Publishing. pp. 214–215. ISBN 978-1-9993057-0-3.
  4. ^ Hareshwar Goshwami (2004). History of the People of Manipur (Revised ed.). London: Yaol Publishing. pp. 216–217. ISBN 978-1-9993057-0-3.
  5. ^ Hareshwar Goshwami (2004). History of the People of Manipur (Revised ed.). London: Yaol Publishing. pp. 214–215. ISBN 978-1-9993057-0-3.
  6. ^ Hareshwar Goshwami (2004). History of the People of Manipur (Revised ed.). London: Yaol Publishing. pp. 216–217. ISBN 978-1-9993057-0-3.

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List of Naga tribes
Hill tribes of Northeast India
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