Women of Wansoi allowed to enter Morung

The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has complimented to people of Wansoi village in Nagaland for adopting progressive gender policies.

  • In a tweet Rajya Sabha MP, Smt. S. Phangnon Konyak informed that the women of Wansoi has been allowed to enter the Morung & play the logdrum for the first time.
  • In hitherto tradition it never allowed women to even step inside a morung.
  • The Morung is a social institution where unmarried Naga men come to learn about the tribe’s customs and traditions.
  • Naga elders orally impart to young men knowledge about tribal dialects, religious practices, folk music and songs, wood carving, blacksmithing, bamboo weaving, and more.

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