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Tuensang in January
The Chang country of the far east.
Quick answer. Cool and dry. Clear days, cold nights, the hills at their easiest outside December. For Tuensang specifically, January is a comfortable month with the usual hill-state caveats.
The essentials
- People
- Chang, Sangtam, Khiamniungan
- Festival
- Naknyulum (announced annually)
- From Mokokchung
- About 130km
- Month
- January, Nagaland
- This month
- Cool and dry.
Why January here
Tuensang district: Chang, Sangtam and Khiamniungan villages, Naknyulum season and big empty ridges.
Tuensang is the large eastern district of Chang, Sangtam and Khiamniungan country: the ridge town, Chang villages with their log drums, and the Naknyulum festival (announced annually) that celebrates victory and harvest.
What to do
Chang log drums
The great carved drums of the eastern villages.
Pair it with
Tuensang in January, planned properly
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