Zeme people

Zeme

Zeme dance
Total population
70,000 approx. (2011) [1]
Languages
Zeme language, Mzieme language
Religion
Christianity, Heraka and Paupaise[ citation needed ]
Related ethnic groups
Rongmei, Liangmai, Inpui, Other Naga people

The Zeme people, also known as the Zeme Nagas, are a Tibeto-Burmese ethnic group from Northeast India. ^[2] They predominantly inhabit Peren district in Nagaland; Tamenglong district, Senapati district in Manipur and Dima Hasao district (NC hills) in Assam. Jalukie is the main urban centre of the Zeme Naga, serving as a hub for their social, cultural, educational and economic activities in the Peren District of Nagaland. Members of the Zeme Naga play a significant role in the town’s social, economic, and educational development.

Notable people

• Harielungbe Haralu, first Naga medical doctor.
• Neichülie-ü Nikki Haralu, former Indian ambassador
• L. Lungalang, former Chief Secretary of Nagaland
• Nini Lungalang, poet
• Armstrong Pame, bureaucrat
• T. R. Zeliang, former Chief Minister of Nagaland

Bibliography

• Roy, Babul and A.N.M.I. Ali. "Shifting cultivation and forest in North East India", People of the Himalayas: Ecology, Culture, Development and Change by K. C. Mahanta, Kamla-Raj Enterprises: Delhi (1997).
• Roy, Babul. Socio-cultural and environmental dimensions of tribal health: a study among the Dimasa Kacharis and the Zemi Nagas of North Cachar Hills in Assam. PhD Thesis (unpublished), Gauhati University, Assam (1998).
• Roy, Babul. An anthropological peep at Zeme religion. Bull. Dept. Anth. Gauhati University, IX, 51-60 (1995).
• Roy, Babul. Folk Medicine and Folk Therapeutic Principle among the Zeme Nagas of N. C. Hills in Assam (India) Curare: Journal of Ethnomedicine and Transcultural Psychiatry [Germany] Sole 2001, Vol. 24, No. 1 & 2, pages 161-164. Refereed ISSN   0344-8622 Int.
• Roy, Babul. Zeme Naga Ethno-medicines and animal related practices. Curare: Journal of Medical Anthropology [Germany]. Sole 2010, Vol.33, No.1+2, pages 97–104. Refereed ISSN   0344-8622 Int.
• Roy, Babul. Evolving Gender Relationships among the Zeme Nagas of North Cachar Hills (Assam). Journal of Indian Anthropological Society [India] Sole 2004, Vol. 38, pages 9–20. Refereed ISSN   0019-4387 Nat.
• Roy, Babul. Folk Perception of Disease and Curative Measures among the Zeme Nagas of North Cachar Hills in Assam. Journal of Indian Anthropological Society [India] Sole 2004, Vol. 39, pages 57–66. Refereed ISSN   0019-4387 Nat.
• Bower, Ursula Graham.1952. Naga Path. London: Reader Union, John Murray.
• Bower, Ursula Graham.1950. Drums Behind the Hill. New York: William Morrow and Company.
• Bower, Ursula Graham.1950.Village Organisation among the Central Nzemi Nagas, Diploma in Anthropology Thesis. London: University College London.

References

1. "Census of India 2011". MHA GOI.
2. S. R. Tohring (2010). Violence and identity in North-east India: Naga-Kuki conflict. Mittal Publications. pp. xv–xvii. ISBN   978-81-8324-344-5.

External links

• www.nambon.com - Zeliangrong community information gap