Longwa - A village in Northeast that lies in two countries

A Konyak village in northern part of Nagaland is famous for a very special reason. At one time you are in Myanmar while the other time you are in India.

Longwa is a part of Mon district and the ‘Angh’, or the hereditary ruler, is the chief. He has 60 wives and rules over 70 villages across Myanmar and Arunachal Pradesh.

The village is shared by two countries and the international border passes right through the village chief’s house.

There is an India Army’s Assam Rifles’ camp and the Indo-Myanmar international border denoted by a pillar on a hill.

Longwa's Angh is one of Mon district's seven Anghs. The Anghs control three villages on the Indian side and five villages on the Myanmar side. They have extremely strong customary, traditional, and cultural ties.

People in Longwa village live in harmony with nature, leaving behind their age old custom of head hunting in the 1960s after the advent of Christianity

One can see traditional items including wood carvings inside the Angh's house

Border Pillar placed on a hill at Longwa village showing markings of Indian side