Music Videos
Some of our favourite videos from YouTube. Please check for English subtitles.
Oye Oye (Traditional)
Folk, Vocal, Traditional, Tati, Virtual Presentation
This song talks about how love makes you see the world differently. Love makes you forget about the unpleasant realities and keep you in a happy bubble. One of the earliest folk songs we learnt. Performed for the Hornbill Festival Special 2020 (Virtual ). Filmed at Kisama Heritage Village, Nagaland.
Rinyielü Lizo World Music Day 2020 Edit
Acoustic, Folk, Fusion, LIVE
Rinyielü Lizo is a song about how a beautiful woman inspires others to live better, aspire for bigger dreams and see the world in happier colours. May we all live inspiring lives as the song passed down to us reminds us. This version of Rinyielü Lizo was recorded live for last night's Musician's Guild Nagaland Virtual Music Concert 2020 on the occasion of World Music Day 2020.
E Zhalilü (Traditional)
Folk, Vocal, Traditional, Music Video
A delightful duel of voices. A duet, sung by rivals who enjoy mutual admiration. Some songs are to be sung just to enjoy and celebrate being alive and in the company of people who bring out the best in you. The colours of the vocal harmonies echo in the mountains and valleys.
O Rhosi (LIVE) @GharBaitheVirasat 2020
Acoustic, Folk, Fusion, LIVE
Rhosi is a perennial yellow wild flower found abundantly in Phek District of Nagaland. The Rhosi song uses the Rhosi flower as a metaphor for youthfulness, the energy and evergreen quality of youth. It celebrates beauty, strength and the vibrance of being young, healthy and alive. A call to live life to the fullest and sing and dance through our troubles while you are at it. A reminder to be an inspiration by living beautiful, meaningful lives.
Mürinulü lizo (Traditional)
Folk, Vocal, Traditional, Music Video
The Orphan's Lullaby or Mürinulü lizo, a folk song in Chokri (Chakhesang Naga dialect) is a favourite from the Tetseo Sisters debut album, Li : Chapter 1: The Beginning released in 2011. The song is sung by an older aunt to comfort the little orphan left behind, all alone on this earth. In the village, the song is sung by a big group of older women or mothers/sisters/babysitters as they put the young ones to sleep.
Cepho Celho Lizo (Traditional)
Folk, Vocal, Traditional, Music Video
Cepho Celho Lizo' is a song about love - unrequited love. A woman remembers her first love, her memories refreshed by the cherry blossoms. They remind her of the days when love was ripe and beauty hers. They compared her to the beautiful blossoms. But his heart was never hers and the pain is sharp even now. And now she realises how brief the flash of youth and beauty is, And yet so beautiful life is for all its unpredictability and brevity. Yet, there is hope for a happier song and new blossoms year after year.
Vesetsolü Lizo (Traditional)
Folk, Vocal, Traditional, LIVE
A song about the legendary beauty, Vesetsolü. Official Music Video of ’Bethi Zhosho’ by Tetseo Sisters from the Li, Chapter One : The Beginning. The debut album. In the olden days, the Naga concept of feminine beauty was realistic. Among the Tenyimias at least, clear radiant skin, dark long hair, nimble fingers; strong limbs, good height and healthy physique, a happy disposition and moderate appetite would count as beautiful. Laziness and weakness were frowned upon. Vesetsolü was the epitome of feminine grace and strength and an inspiration to all who crossed her path.
O Rhosi (Folk Fusion)
Folk Fusion, Music Video
Rhosi is a perennial yellow wild flower found abundantly in Phek District of Nagaland. The Rhosi song uses the Rhosi flower as a metaphor for youthfulness, the energy and evergreen quality of youth. It celebrates beauty, strength and the vibrance of being young, healthy and alive. A call to live life to the fullest and sing and dance through our troubles while you are at it. A reminder to be an inspiration by living beautiful, meaningful lives.
Hiyo (Folk Fusion)
Folk Fusion, Music Video
A Naga worksong sung by womenfolk in groups as they pound grain and shake out the husks. They call out each other’s names and poke fun at one another while at work. The song talks about how life is about taking chances and persisting. Excellence will get rewarded sooner or later and we have to keep trying to be better everyday.
The Tati Song (Folk Fusion)
Folk Fusion, Music Video
A conversation between lovers. They say a young man fell in love with the village rich man’s daughter but he had nothing to offer for her hand but a song. He then brought to her, a unique gift, never seen before – a musical instrument fashioned from a piece of shiny cured bottle gourd and some twine strung on a cane rod – against each strike, he sang to her this song. He won her heart and her hand and they lived happily ever after. The gift was a “Tati” – the one stringed Naga folk instrument.
O Rhosi in South Korea at Sarang Festival 2016
Folk Fusion, Performance, Stage, LIVE
Performing 'O Rhosi' at the Sarang Festival 2016 in Gwangju at the Asian Culture Centre Auditorium. Sarang Festival is an annual Festival of India in South Korea jointly organized by the ICCR and Embassy of India in South Korea.
Cepho Celho Lizo, Live at Eiffel Tower Paris, France
Folk, Vocal, Traditional, LIVE
On our last trip to Europe, we made a quick stop at Paris and captured a few moments at the Eiffel Tower singing our favourite song Cepho Celho Lizo. The song appears in our debut album Chapter One and on our youtube channel as a single.
Folk, Folk Fusion, English, Virtual Presentation
Hornbill Festival 2020 Special - A Virtual Presentation
A virtual presentation of original and traditional music from our repertoire of Folklore, Chakhesang Folk, Naga Folk Fusion and English, to mark the Hornbill Festival 2020