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The History of Sümi Village, Chizami Phek District ( Documentary attached)

THE SÜMI(SEMA) TRIBE:

There are many stories of the origin of the Sümi tribe the popular belief is that the Sümi tribe migrated from a place called Khezhakenoma. The story says that, there was a flat stone, which was not an ordinary stone. It was a magical stone because when people place the rice on it, by nightfall the quantity of the rice doubled (Sema, 2013; Hutton, 1968). It is told that Chakhesang was the eldest son, Angami the second son, and Sümi the youngest son of the first man who settled in Khezhakenoma known as Koza the father and the mother Kola .

After the death of the father, the two elder brothers' took turns to spread their rice on the magic stone without giving a chance to the youngest. The mother foresaw that the brothers would fight and one fine day, she made fire with the dried leaves on top of the magic stone and broke it into pieces. Amidst the fire, the mother saw a cock coming out of the fire and it flew down to Doyang River. She told her youngest son to follow the cock, as it was the sign of blessing for him (Sema, 2013). According to Khezhakeno village elders the Sumi first migrated from Khezhakenoma to other place and dispersed to various directions and settled at the present Sümi areas.

Unlike other Naga tribes Akukau and his chochomi control the Sumi village. The Sumi village has the hereditary village Chief and they believe in blood relationship. Those who are born from the Akükau family would be a better ruler. While the form of government among the Naga tribes was mostly democratic in nature, the Sumi had an authoritarian form. The Sumi tribe is Akükau centered society and he is the acknowledged leader in his respective jurisdiction.

The Sumi keep on migrating to establish new villages. The Chief's son, when making a new village either acquired because of successful warfare or had never before cultivated, reserve for himself all the land. He would leave certain part of land for the more prominent of his companions to take hold of it. He may leave lands to let other people even his dependents to obtain. The chief provided his dependent with land on the understanding that he would work for some 4-5 days in a year in Chief's field and help the Chief in war(Shimmi, 1988, SEMA,2013)

Before the advent of British in Naga territory, all executive and judicial functions were vested on him and hi Chochomi (Assistant). Any villagers who committed the crime or an offence was arrested under Chief's Court. Reciprocal duties existed apart from holding of land. The chief had to provide with land, buy wives for his dependents whenever they were unable to buy for themselves. He was expected to feed them when they were unable to feed themselves, pay fines whenever they misbehave in the community (Chophy, 2013; Hutton, 1963; Sema, 2013). With modernization, there are certain changes in the traditional and customary practices, which is visible in the description of villages and towns below.
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