Ahangküha

Ahangküha is a traditional headgear of the Khiamniungans in Nagaland. It is only use during folkdance that is usually performed annual tribal and village festivals.

Significance

These are made using more than twelve materials collected from the wild. However, now people engaged in their making have difficulty in even sourcing the raw materials. To make authentic and need to be replaced with synthetic ones. Authentic headgear, is crafted from materials like tiger claws, wild boar teeth, hornbill feathers, wild goat hair, bear hair etc. Now, such materials are scarce and need to be replaced with synthetic ones.