“What you will say if someone asks you the Naga traditional are extinct, I shall say after my dead the Nagas will lose the heritage of its originality product without knowing the usefulness and its important products. In view of the present scenario of our imitation standards and conditions, we the Nagas have ourselves forgotten the rich traditional cultures and its utilities in many useful respects.” Says, Mr. Kudulhu Ringa one of the potter’s at Runguzu Nasa the only village where it is still entailing the footsteps of the ancestral traditions in Phek District. Where he is one of the few persons who is preserve the culture of making earthen pottery from extinction which will be only found in Nagaland.
Being born and brought up from this village I felt guilty for not helping them at least in some corner. But alas! Without Government help I just a mere spectator while they are tirelessly laboring to preserve our traditional products and also to meet their daily expenses from the sales of their products.
The Government of Nagaland under the leadership of Mr.Neiphiu Rio, the Hon’ble Chief Minister of Nagaland has brought out several distinctive programmes providing trainings, workshops, seminars and exposure etc. In which our people are benefited a lot. One should appreciate for those endeavors, but one has to put important for our own original identity as per my limited wisdom. As we failed to put importance to some of our traditional products like Pottery, Black smithy and handicrafts etc from where our real life can be expose to the outside world.
As mentioned above, everyone has a responsibility to contribute in some or ways and the Government should come to the rescue before it is too late. Hope the DAN Government will not object anything which is going to extinct in our land; instead I am sure the revival of our traditional products will once again shine under the governance of DAN.
KUVESA MEDEO
Social worker,
Runguzu Nasa Village
