K Elu Ndang, Convenor, Central Organising Committee Makuiluangdi Festival 2025 said that Makhel village is not just geographically significant, but spiritually central to the Naga people.

He said this during Makuiluangdi Festival 2025, held from November 18 to 21 under the theme “Malanwangbo: Return of the Native.”

The re-enactment of the Naga dispersal at Makhel, featuring a symbolic procession co-hosted by the Mao Council on November 18.

Following this, as part of the journey to rediscover the history and lineage of the Luangdimai (Zeliangrong), the organizers have planned an Ultra Trail Expedition—comprising running, cycling,

motorbiking, and car rally—from the Naga’s common ancestral home, Makhel, to Makuiluangdi Village (present Senapati District of Manipur).

The route marks the

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