2. NAGALAND IS LOCATED IN
NORTH-EASTERN PART OF INDIA.
IT LIES BETWEEN THE PARALLELS OF 98
DEGREE AND 96 DEGREE EAST
LONGITUDE AND,26.6 DEGREE AND 27.4
DEGREE LATTITUDES OF NORTH OF
EQUATOR.
3. THE STATE IS
MOSTLY MOUNTANIOUS
EXCEPT THOSE AREAS
BORDERING ASSAM VALLEY.
THE GATEWAY OF NAGALAND
IS SITUATED AT AN ALTITUDE
OF 195Mts ABOVE SEA LEVEL .
4. NAGALAND HAS A LARGELY MONSOON
CLIMATE WITH HIGH HUMIDITY LEVELS.
ANNUAL RAINFALL AVERAGES AROUND
1,800 – 2,500 mm AND CONCENTRATED IN
THE MONTHS OF MAY TO SEPTEMBER.
THE TEMPERATURE RANGES FROM
21 ° C - 40 ° C .
IN WINTER, THE TEMPERATURE
GENERALLY DO NOT DROP BELOW 4 °C
AND FROST IS COMMON AT HIGH
ELEVATIONS
5. BELOW 500 mt THE TEMPERATURE IS
HOT AND UNHEALTHY .
ABOVE 1,500mt IT IS UNPLEASANT ,COLD
IN WINTER.
DURING MONSOON THE CLOUD IS
PERPETUAL.
WATER SCARCITY TENDS TO BE PRE
DOMINANT ABOVE 1,500mt
DUE TO THESE CLIMATIC FACTORS
MOST OF THE NAGALAND VILLAGES ARE
LOCATED ALONG THE HILL SLOPE.
6. NAGALAND VILLAGE PATTERN
DIFFER FROM GROUP TO
GROUP,
RANGING FROM DISPERSE ,
TERRACE TO LINEAR
ARRANGEMENT OF HOUSES
IN SOME ,HOUSES ARE
GROUPED IN COMPACT
BLOCKS AND ARE ENCLOSED
BY FENCE AND THE OTHER
HOUSES ARE SCATTERED .
7. PRIMARY CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS
WERE :
TIMBER FOR STRUCTURAL
ELEMENTS, LIKE POSTS.
BAMBOO FOR WALLS AND
OTHER STRUCTURAL
ELEMENTS.
THATCH AS THE ROOFING
MATERIAL.
8. THERE ARE THREE TYPES OF HOUSES
FOUND HERE :
EARTH FLOOR.
EARTH AND RAISED
FLOOR.
ONLY RAISED FLOOR.
9. MOST OF THE HOUSES IN NAGALAND
COMPRISES OF A LIVING SPACE AND AN
ENTERANCE AREA.PORCHES, ANTEROOMS
AND STORAGE AREA SUPPLEMENT THE
LIVING SPACE.
THE INTERIOR OF THE NAGA
HOUSES IS 3-5 mts FROM FLOOR TO RIDGE.
A LARGE PART OF THIS HEIGHT IS
USED FOR STORAGE PURPOSE –
ESPECIALLY THE SPACE ABOVE THE FIRE
PLACE .
10. THESE DWELLINGS, LOCATED MAINLY IN THE HILLY
REGIONS CAME UNDER COLD AND CLOUDY CLIMATIC
CATEGORY .
THE PEOPLE THEN , RELIED MAINLY ON THEIR
PHYSICAL ABILITY TO RESIST THE COLD .
THE HOUSES DID PROTECT THEM FROM COLD WINDS
THAT BLEW BUT LITTLE TO RETAIN HEAT WITHIN
THE HOUSE , OPENINGS WERE KEPT TO A MINIMUM.
THE FIRE PLACE WAS SITUATED IN THE LIVING
AUSTERE WHICH HELPED IN RAISING COMFORT
LEVELS WITHIN THESE SPACES.
11. THE SCALE OF THE PRIVATE SPACES WAS
ALSO SMALLER WHICH MENT THAT A
SMALLER HEAT SOURCE WAS REQUIRED TO
HEAT THE ROOM .
THE SLOPED ROOFS WORKED BEAUTIFULLY
IN KEEPING THE INTERIORS DRY .
THE STEEP SLOPE OF THE ROOF ENSURED
THAT NO WATER COULD SEEP IN THROUGH
THE GAPS BETWEEN THE THATCH AND
ENTER THE HOUSE .
AS A RESULT THE OVERALL DESIGN WAS
KEPT SIMPLE YET COMPLETELY FUNCTIONAL.
12. VENTILATION FOR KITCHEN.
THE COOKING IS MADE USE
OF THE FIRE FROM BURNING WOOD,
WHICH PRODUSES “CO’
CARBON MONOXIDE.
THE AIR MOVEMENT IN THE COOKING
SPACE IS ZERO , WHICH MAKING THE
PEOPLE OF NAGALAND REDUSE THE
LIFE SPAN ,AS THEY ARE INHALING
THE “CO” GAS DIRECTLY.
AND EVEN THE MATERIALS OF THE INTERIORS GET
SPOILED .