Mokokchung, July 25 (MExN): The premier festival of the Ao Nagas – Tsüngremmung – is all set to be celebrated at Longsa village with Minister for RD & REPA, CL John as the chief guest on August 3. The festival is being organized and celebrated every year by the Longsa village Council under the patronage of Tourism Department of Nagaland.
Like the years before, Longsa village is organizing the premier festival, Tsüngremmung (also called Longsamung) to celebrate the harvest festival of the Ao Naga community. The village is located some thirty kilometers away from Mokokchung town and is connected by National Highway 155 (Tuensang road).
Keeping the traditional spirit of the forefathers and the spirit of Tsüngremmung in bonding friendship and harmony among communities, the Longsa Tourism Committee has invited the Tsatanger village (Sangtam) and Sapatomi village (Sumi) to partake in the grand celebration. A main attraction of the festival will be the traditional pulling of the ‘Shangzü’ followed by singing and dancing by the partakers of the festival.
The Tsüngremmong starts on August 1 every year and it continues till the 3rd. The festivity will start at Longsa on August 1, which is traditionally celebrated as “Süngpenmong”. The main programme will be held on August 2 – called “Yatimong” – where a host of Longsa villagers, dignitaries and Ao community are expected to join in the festivity.
Tsüngremmung will culminate on the August 3 – a day traditionally referred to as “Aien Lenpi” – where the entire community will come together to clean the paths leading to the village, in preparation for socio-cultural interactions with the neighboring villages (i.e. in Tuensang, Zunheboto and Mokokchung) after the harvest season.
It may be noted that Longsa has been declared as a Tourist village in the year 2006. The Longsa Tourism Committee, under the aegis of the Longsa Village Council, through a press note extends invitation to partake in the premier festival of the Ao community at Longsa and to receive blessings from God for a bountiful harvest.
