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The tribes of Nagaland

The Sangtam Tribe

Kiphire and Tuensang districts · Festival: Amongmong (first week of September)

At the Hornbill Festival: The Sangtam morung demonstrates Amongmong’s six-stone rite and the fire-tending that opens the harvest year.

Traditional dress and craft

Sangtam women’s red skirts carry strong symbolic bands; men wear cane helmets with hornbill and mithun horns.

What to know about the Sangtam

The Sangtam of the east celebrate Amongmong, the six-stone festival marking harvest and hearth renewal in the first week of September.

Meet the Sangtam in person

Visit their morung at the Hornbill Festival (December 1–10, Kisama), afternoons are for conversations, not performances. Or travel to Kiphire and Tuensang districts for Amongmong in first week of September, the same culture at home scale. Our [tribes guide](/journal/hornbill-festival-tribes/) covers every community, and the [festivals calendar](/journal/festivals-of-nagaland/) maps the year.

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