Across Asia Journal

A “Sap” in Mizoram: Aizawl

Micah Hanson — Sat, 23 Apr 2011 06:23:27 +0000

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Mizoram is not an easy place to get to, even from the relatively nearby state of Nagaland. I spent the better part of the first day, of my three day journey, packed in like a proverbial sardine in an Indian Railways general class compartment, there-always-room-for-one-more class, aboard the painfully [...]

Hanging out in Shiyong, Nagaland

Micah Hanson — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 16:33:30 +0000

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I always seem to linger a little longer than I plan in Shiyong, and this trip was no exception. It was nearly a week after Aoling before I finally tore myself away from this pretty hill top village in northeastern Nagaland and the hospitality of Phejin and her family. [...]

Aoling in Mon

Micah Hanson — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 17:25:29 +0000

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We left the quite village of Shiyong making a day trip into Mon town to view the official Aoling celebration, a program of traditional dance organized by the district government. While not as intimate as the village celebrations, the mass of dancers made for good photography, and we as [...]

Aoling in Shiyong

Micah Hanson — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 15:45:57 +0000

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Fresh off the Meitei festival of Yaoshang, in Imphal, I headed further northeast to my friend Phejin’s village of Shiyong in Nagaland, to partake in another festival, the Konyak festival of Aoling. Being so close, a relative term in India given that it took a day and a half [...]

Do it Yourself, Manipur

Micah Hanson — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:16:59 +0000

I haven’t really put much practical information in my journal posts but since I do get a number of people asking about more practical details, I’ll start a new “Do it Yourself” segment for destinations where there isn’t a lot of info out there. Of course much of this information may eventually go out [...]