Tribes in India

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Poumai Naga tribe

Manipur and Nagaland

  • The Poumai Naga tribe is an indigenous ethnic group primarily residing in the Senapati district of Manipur and parts of Nagaland.

Population

  • About 95.7% of the total population of Poumai is in the Senapati district, Manipur. 
  • It is one of the oldest and largest Naga tribes in Manipur. 

Language

The language that Poumai communicates is known as "POULA". 

Religion

Christianity is the dominant religion in the Poumai Community.

Occupation

  • The main occupation of Poumai Naga is agriculture, and shifting cultivation is hardly practiced now in Poumai villages.
  • Their Pouli (Pottery) and Poutai (Pou salt) production was well known to the entire tribal areas in Manipur and Nagaland in ancient times.
  • Paonii, Donii, Laonii, Daonii, Rounii, Duhnii, Loukanii, Thounii, Khiinii, Taithounii, etc. 
  • Laonii is one of the important festivals celebrated in Poumai villages after the rice transplantation.
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