AGARTALA, Dec 9 (TIWN): Halam Festival kicks off on Friday at North Tripura.

An inaugural programme will be held at North Tripura, where Radha Charan Debbarma will be present as the Chief guest.

It’s worthy to mention here that the Halam people are a Kuki tribe native to the state of Tripura in India. The name Halam was coined by the Tipra Raja. They are also known as Mizo or Ranglong.

 As per their oral tradition they called themselves as "Riam", which literally means "Human being". And lyrically they also call themselves "Riamrai, Longvon, etc.". The Halam are further divided into 15 sub-clans.