The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has complimented to people of Wansoi village in Nagaland for adopting progressive gender policies.
- In a tweet Rajya Sabha MP, Smt. S. Phangnon Konyak informed that the women of Wansoi has been allowed to enter the Morung & play the logdrum for the first time.
- In hitherto tradition it never allowed women to even step inside a morung.
- The Morung is a social institution where unmarried Naga men come to learn about the tribe’s customs and traditions.
- Naga elders orally impart to young men knowledge about tribal dialects, religious practices, folk music and songs, wood carving, blacksmithing, bamboo weaving, and more.