PRESIDENT Draupadi Murmu on Thursday visited Kigwema, a traditional village of the Angami Naga community in Nagaland’s Kohima district, and held an interaction with members of women Self Help Groups (SHGs).

Kigwema, 15 km from here, is one of the largest Angami villages, inhabited by about 7,500 people. During her visit, the Kigwema Village Council (KVC) honoured the President with traditional gifts while members of the women’s group rendered a folk song. The SHGs of the village under the coordination of the Rural Development Department also displayed the traditional process of shawl weaving and yarn winding.

Governor of Assam and Nagaland Prof Jagdish Mukhi, Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio, Minister for Planning & Coordination, Land Revenue and Parliamentary Affairs Neiba Kronu, and local MLA and Advisor for Technical Education and Elections, Medo Yhokha accompanied President Murmu and her daughter Itishree Murmu.

Highlighting the importance of the village, Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio said that the Japfu range within the area has a huge virgin forest and also the second-highest mountain peak in the State.