Meet Nagaland’s Longwa chief who governs villages both in India and Myanmar

Angh’s home is the one the place the bed room is in India and the lounge is in Myanmar. Here is the story of a village that lies each in India and Myanmar.

Chief Angh Tonyei Konyak with spouse Khaonyu (Photograph: India At this time)

By Afrida Hussain: A tribal chief from Nagaland guidelines villages each in India and Myanmar because the worldwide border separating the 2 nations cuts the Longwa village into two.

Longwa village has a complete inhabitants of 6703, and all of them take pleasure in twin citizenship. These folks have the liberty to maneuver out and in between India and Myanmar with none restrictions.

Longwa is a part of the 44 AC Phomching constituency underneath the Mon district’s Indian aspect and the Yochen Lahe township constituency on the Myanmar aspect.

The opposite distinctive characteristic of this extraordinarily distant village in Mon district is the chief who runs it.

Longwa’s Angh is one in all Mon district’s seven Anghs. The Anghs management three villages on the Indian aspect and 5 villages on the Myanmar aspect. They’ve extraordinarily sturdy customary, conventional, and cultural ties.

The chief Angh’s home is separated within the center by the worldwide border, and his bed room lies on the Indian aspect, whereas the lounge is in Myanmar.

Chief Angh Tonyei Konyak has two wives and is an Indian voter.

“Until now, I’ve voted within the basic election within the Nagaland Meeting election. I’ve by no means forged my vote in Myanmar elections,” Chief Angh informed India At this time.

Chief Angh has the authority in relation to infrastructure constructing in these villages. Residents informed India At this time that growth is seen in India however not a lot in Myanmar.

In Chief Angh’s jurisdiction, there’s a college the place kids of each nations research. The college was in-built 2014.

Longwa village can also be house to the Konyak Naga tribe, India’s final headhunters. The customized got here to an finish in 1960.

The village just isn’t a vacationer attraction because it lies in two international locations.

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