“Zelianrong: The Tribe of North East Province in India”

The tribal population is an integral part of India’s social fabric and has the second largest concentration after that of the African continent. Tribal’s in India present a significant degree of cultural and ethnic diversity. It is ironical that the poorest people of India are living in the areas of richest natural resources.
The Zeliangrong is one of the indigenous tribes of Manipur. The name Zeliangrong was formed by the combination of the cognate tribes, such as Zemei, Liangmei and Rongmei. It has been formed by stitching the first three syllables together out of the three sub tribes’ names.
The article will portray the entire perspective of Zeliangrong, the Naga tribe of Manipur, India. It will indicate their cultural customs, tradition, living system, occupation, marriage system, and their physical features etc. They have a good number of population ranking third among the tribal group of Manipur. It has lots of variation and difference from hills to valley. The present study was conducted in different villages from where more accurate information was expected. The data was collected from aged people