{"id":356196,"date":"2026-02-17T16:24:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:54:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=356196"},"modified":"2026-02-17T16:24:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T10:54:28","slug":"sangtam-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sangtam-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Sangtam Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News: <\/strong>The apex body of Nagaland\u2019s Sangtam community has passed a resolution to protect pangolins within its jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<h2>About Sangtam Community<\/h2>\n<figure style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/tse4.mm.bing.net\/th\/id\/OIP.UlK0_LVg0Kwq_ST9ty7B1AHaC7?rs=1&amp;pid=ImgDetMain&amp;o=7&amp;rm=3\" alt=\"SANGTAM Tribe \u2013 \" width=\"474\" height=\"187\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Indigenous Peoples Literature<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"2\" data-end=\"73\"><strong data-start=\"6\" data-end=\"17\">Sangtam<\/strong> are <strong>Naga ethnic group<\/strong> in Northeast India.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"76\" data-end=\"233\"><strong>Location:<\/strong> They mainly reside in <strong data-start=\"98\" data-end=\"139\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Tuensang District<\/span><\/span><\/strong> and <strong data-start=\"144\" data-end=\"185\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Kiphire District<\/span><\/span><\/strong> of <strong data-start=\"189\" data-end=\"230\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Nagaland<\/span><\/span><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"399\">Origin: According to oral traditions, their ancestors may have migrated from <strong data-start=\"305\" data-end=\"346\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Mongolia<\/span><\/span><\/strong> through <strong data-start=\"355\" data-end=\"396\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">China and have<\/span><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0been involved in the construction of the <strong data-start=\"486\" data-end=\"527\"><span class=\"hover:entity-accent entity-underline inline cursor-pointer align-baseline\"><span class=\"whitespace-normal\">Great Wall of China<\/span><\/span><\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Clan:<\/strong> The Sangtam society is divided into six major clan groups, known as <strong data-start=\"70\" data-end=\"78\">Shuh.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"399\">Their villages are structured around <strong>clan systems, with strong kinship bonds<\/strong> shaping social life.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"399\"><strong>Community life is active and close-knit,<\/strong> marked by shared customs and mutual support.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"399\">They are <strong>well known for their craftsmanship and indigenous architectural styles.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"399\"><strong>Livelihood: <\/strong>They\u00a0traditionally depends on <strong>jhum cultivation (shifting agriculture)<\/strong> as their main source of livelihood.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"399\"><strong>Religion:<\/strong> <strong>Christianity<\/strong> is the predominant religion among the Sangtam community.<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"236\" data-end=\"399\"><strong>Festivals: Mongmong <\/strong>is one of the most important festivals of the Sangtams. Other festivals are \u2018<strong>vi thung\u2019and h\u00fcnapungbi<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The apex body of Nagaland\u2019s Sangtam community has passed a resolution to protect pangolins within its jurisdiction. About Sangtam Community Sangtam are Naga ethnic group in Northeast India. Location: They mainly reside in Tuensang District and Kiphire District of Nagaland. Origin: According to oral traditions, their ancestors may have migrated from Mongolia through China&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/sangtam-community\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Sangtam Community<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11212],"tags":[11872,10498],"class_list":["post-356196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-history-and-art-culture-in-news","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-the-hindu","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=356196"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/356196\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=356196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=356196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=356196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}