Southern Angami or Japfüphiki[1] is a geo-cultural region located in the southern part of Kohima District in the state of Nagaland in India with a portion of its territory also lying across the inter-state border in the Senapati District of Manipur.
History
Kigwema
and Viswema are considered to be the oldest settlements of the
Angami Nagas. Numerous villages have branched out from these two ancestral
settlements.[2]
Southern Angami region is located on the eastern part of the Barail mountain range with Mount Japfü at 3,048 m (10,000 ft) above sea level as its highest point. The region is bounded on the south by the Mao Nagas on the south west by the Maram Nagas, on the west by Zeliangrongs and the Western Angamis, on the north by the Northern Angamis and on the east by the Chakhesang Nagas.
Te–l Khukhu is a festival that falls on 13 July (Chünyi). It is a time of giving and sharing of food with each other. This is the only festival dedicated for girls.[4]
Southern Angami region of Kohima district assumes significance in the history of Nagaland Legislative Assembly as it produced the first opposition leader Vizol Angami in 1964.
