Rih-ngai and Mayasvi festivals of the Zeliangrong and the Tsou

Introduction
The present article is a humble attempt to delve into the Rih-ngai and Mayasvi festivals of the Zeliangrong and the Tsou of Taiwan: their socio-cultural significance. The Zeliangrong is one of the natives of North East India. Ethnically, they belong to Mongoloid stock and speak the Tibeto-Burman language. According to myth and legend, the Zeliangrong originated from a cave known as Mahou Taobei; they moved to Makhel and to Ramting Kabin, and then to Makuilongdi, Senapati District of Manipur. From Makuilongdi, they migrated to different directions. Most of the Naga traditions point to Makhel as their original home. Another theory suggests that the Zeliangrong along with other groups of Tibeto-Burman family came from two regions: south-East Asia and South-West China. As the Zeliangrong are “Tibeto-Burman, they must have lived with other groups of the same family in south West China before 1000 B.C and migrated to eastern Tibet, Upper Burma, then moved into Irrawaddy valley, Malaysia and Indonesia, and they returned southward and entered north East India through Manipur river, and some tracts of Indo-Burma border to their present habitat.”3 Now, the population of this ethnic group is found inhabiting in three states of Assam, Manipur and Nagaland.

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Introduction
The present article is a humble attempt to delve into the Rih-ngai and Mayasvi festivals of the Zeliangrong and the Tsou of Taiwan: their socio-cultural significance. The Zeliangrong is one of the natives of North East India. Ethnically, they belong to Mongoloid stock and speak the Tibeto-Burman language. According to myth and legend, the Zeliangrong originated from a cave known as Mahou Taobei; they moved to Makhel and to Ramting Kabin, and then to Makuilongdi, Senapati District of Manipur. From Makuilongdi, they migrated to different directions. Most of the Naga traditions point to Makhel as their original home. Another theory suggests that the Zeliangrong along with other groups of Tibeto-Burman family came from two regions: south-East Asia and South-West China. As the Zeliangrong are “Tibeto-Burman, they must have lived with other groups of the same family in south West China before 1000 B.C and migrated to eastern Tibet, Upper Burma, then moved into Irrawaddy valley, Malaysia and Indonesia, and they returned southward and entered north East India through Manipur river, and some tracts of Indo-Burma border to their present habitat.”3 Now, the population of this ethnic group is found inhabiting in three states of Assam, Manipur and Nagaland.

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