Chungliyimti Village

Chungliyimti Village is a traditional Ao Naga village located in Tuensang District of eastern Nagaland, near the Assam-Nagaland border. It is regarded as one of the oldest Ao settlements and is associated with the origin legend of the Ao tribe at Lungterok. The village is notable for its preserved Ao cultural heritage, traditional hillside settlement pattern, and scenic surrounding hills and forests.

Visitors can expect a quiet, hillside tribal village with traditional Ao Naga houses, narrow village lanes, and surrounding forested hills and agricultural fields. The setting is rural and scenic, with views of the eastern Nagaland hills. Visitors can observe traditional village life, interact with local Ao community members, see traditional architecture and village structures, and experience the cultural environment of one of the Ao tribe's ancestral settlements.

Chungliyimti is historically significant as an ancestral settlement of the Ao Naga tribe. According to Ao oral tradition, the Ao people emerged from stones at Lungterok and first settled at Chungliyimti before dispersing to other areas. It is considered one of the earliest Ao villages and holds importance in Ao migration history.

The village is culturally significant for the Ao Naga community as a heritage village preserving Ao traditions, customary practices, dialect and social structure. It reflects traditional Ao village organization and is associated with festivals such as Moatsu and Tsungremong celebrated by the Ao people.