KOHIMA VILLAGE

   Also called Barra Basti (Big Village) is where Kohima began, according to Naga legend.

Said to be the second biggest village in Asia, it has

one of the finest ceremonial gates,

common to all Naga villages.

As you enter this village, you notice a number of gates with the scimitar of horns of mithun.

These motifs indicate the bravery and valour of the Angamis.

In this village, one comes across wooden carvings looking like horns atop some houses.

    One also see relics of stone erections here and there in front of the houses