The Yimkhiung Tribal Council (YTC) recently led a protest in Pungro Town, Nagaland, against the fencing of the Indo-Myanmar border and the removal of the Free Movement Regime (FMR). The Yimkhiung tribe mainly lives in eastern Nagaland’s Kiphire district and nearby regions of Myanmar. Their villages are based on clans, and they follow a strong tradition of oral history, festivals, and communal land ownership. The international border divides the Yimkhiung people, separating families and ancestral lands they consider as one. The Yimkhiungrü language, part of the Sino-Tibetan family, is spoken by over 100,000 people. Tsüngkamnyo is their most important post-harvest festival.
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