Morung Express News
Mokokchung | August 19
In what can be defined as a wonderful opportunity for cross cultural learning and sharing of the ways of life in two completely different worlds and cultures, a 7-member team from Waseda University, Tokyo, Japan are on a two-week study tour to Nagaland during which they will be staying at Mopungchuket village under Mokokchung district and the state capital, Kohima.
The visiting team from Japan comprises of 6 university students and a professor. They arrived at Mopungchuket village on August 18. The team is being hosted by the Mopungchuket Village Council and their tour is being facilitated by the Sustainable Development Forum Nagaland (SDFN).
During their stay at Mopungchuket, the visitors will be engaging in and learning the traditional ways and life of a typical Ao Naga village, village governance and administration institutions, community land-use and resource management systems, cultures and traditions of the community, arts and crafts of the community, challenges and opportunities of the community, and overall development challenges and pathways of Nagaland, among other things. The visitors’ experiences and observations are expected to be reflected in journals and academic documents that may open windows of opportunity for future collaboration, learning and progress.
The team will be leaving Mopungchuket on the morning of August 24 for Kohima where they will be staying for another two more days. During their stay in Kohima, they are expected to visit the War Cemetery, State Museum, Naga Heritage Village Kisama and Dzulakie.
The visiting team is led by Dr. Takano Takako, Professor at the Department of Centre for International Education. She expressed gratefulness to the village community for hosting her team. She also expressed appreciation for Amba Jamir, founder Executive Secretary of SDFN who she has known since early 2000s, for making their visit possible.
The students from Waseda University, Tokyo include Koisi Yoshitaka, a student of Literature, Yoshida Yuto, a political science and economics student, Miki Nakamura, a student of the School of Liberal Studies, Natsuho Muraoka, a student of Humanities and Social Sciences, Saki Matsuoka, a student of International Law and You Haichao, a Chinese national from Shanghai studying Political Science and Economics at Waseda University.
