The State Council of Educational Research and Training (SCERT), Kohima, has released two new short films under its ongoing initiative to integrate Naga heritage and culture into school education.
The latest additions — focusing on the Naga Children’s Festival and Oral Traditions of the Nagas — bring the total number of heritage-based films developed by the department to seventeen. These films are now available on the official YouTube channel titled SCERT Nagaland Heritage Films.
According to SCERT, the initiative is designed to help students learn, appreciate, and preserve the cultural heritage of Nagaland. The films cover a wide range of topics, including traditional customs, values, cuisine, architecture, farming practices, arts and crafts, tattoos, megalithic culture, the Feast of Merit, traditional governance, and more.
“These films are also developed as supplementary materials to enrich the curriculum in schools especially the Nagaland Heritage Studies,” reported DIPR.
The department stated that the project aims to foster pride among young Nagas by connecting them with their roots through visual storytelling. The films are targeted at school children but are also accessible to the general public for wider cultural education.