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• The Sumi tribe of Nagas uses several ecological indicators to facilitate agricultural practices and predict seasonal variation; but this wisdom is vanishing with the passage of time

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• The 'Sümi Naga' are the major ethnic group among nagas in Nagaland.
• There are also seven Sümi villages in Tinsukia District of Assam.
• The Sümis practised headhunting like other Naga peoples before the arrival of the Christian missionaries and their subsequent conversion to Christianity.
• Anthropological study of the Sümis is documented in the book The Sema Nagas by J. H. Hutton, who was a Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Cambridge.
• The Sümi is one of the recognised scheduled tribes of India.
• The ancestral religion of the Sümis was the worship of nature.
• Tuluni is a festival of great significance for the Sümi.
• Ahuna is a traditional post-harvest festival of the Sümis.
• Ahuna signifies the celebration of the season's harvest in Thanksgiving,

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/blog/agriculture/how-sumi-nagas-traditional-knowledge-helps-them-navigate-nature-s-vagaries-80413

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