Myanmar Adventure Guide by Shota

I'm dealing in Naga new year festival since 2000.
Naga new year festivasl was hold at Hkamthi on 2000.

Foreigners were only 1 French tourists & 2 Japanese .
Naga new year festival was organized by Naga people.

And Naga people marched with channting & hanging big sword in the city.
I repeat there was almost no tourists.

All Naga people's activity during Naga new year festival was not for tourists.

Since that,Naga new year festival has been changing.
Organized by tour operator owned by army.
And nowdays it oraganized by tour operator .

Since tour operator organized it.
Naga people have to wear T shirts,short panths,sock,etc.
I hope those things are their wish.

We had to pay the fee for tour operator who oraganize Naga new year festival.
The fee for Naga new year festival 2006 on Layshi is US$1,200/pax from/to Yangon
for 4 nights 5 days withoud guide.

Hope local Naga people can get some benefit from such a expensive fee.

Mr.Jamie &His wife Jean

I have one teacher regarding Naga.
He has been visitting Naga new year festival since 2001.
His name is Mr.Jamie Saul.

Nowdays I'm dealing to visit Naga people's villages besides Naga new year festival.
Sometimes the village is looks like just normal village.
It look like not so much interesting.


Naga village

But Once Mr.Jamie explain about the origin of villages,history.
I know that village has very interesting history & culture.
The view of village also looks like different if I compare it before Jamie's explanation.

I'm not antuque handicrafts dealer.
But sometimes I look for something in Naga.

But Once I hear Jamie's explanation ,that's much more interesting than any kind of antique handicrafts for me.

On occasions I feel I'm lucky because I'm tour operator for the remote area in Myanmar .

The travel with Jamie in Nagahills is exactly the one of occasion I feelit.




Mr.Jamie has published his own Naga book now .
The book details are as follows.

The Naga of Burma-Their Festivals,Customs and Way of Life-
Author :Jamie Saul
Publisher :Orchid Press
ISBN :974-524-065-6

I found out many Naga people's name on the page of Acknowledgements.
Mr.Jamie put all Naga people's name he had interviewwed on his book.
Those names are more than 40.

It's sounds like easy things.
But actually it is very diffucilt things.

I find his sincerely for Naga people on this book.

If you are interested in Naga people in Myanmar,I strongly recommend this book.