Koide

Some of the main varieties of rice that growth at Koide village are: Phaora,(white in colour) for making pucca rohi(rice beer) Kirou (white in colour, for making rice beer), Ngatei (red in color) Ngadziizii (white color) etc. Kirou (sticky rice, white in colour) is the most costly rice. Much rice beer (Pouzhao) and Poumai Naga bread are made in Kirou. Phaora (sticky rice) is the second most costly type of rice, which is mainly grown at Koide village in the periphery of Barak River valley. Phaora can be used for as rice for food; it also used for brewing rice beer. Laolu (shifting cultivation) is a form of primitive agriculture, which is now rarely practice at Koide village.

Some of the important vegetables found at Koide village are cabbage, potato, pumpkin, squash, tomatoes, Brinjal, cucumber, mustard, bean, Naga Dal, sweet potato, leek, etc. Squash, pumpkin, fruits, etc. are also grown. Some of the important fruits such as bananas, lemons, oranges, pears, apricots, guava, apples, papayas, Khashi, peaches, plums, etc. are grown in the village. Ginger farming recently started. There is huge pastureland and grassland and there is great potentiality of animal husbandry. Thatch houses were famous in olden days and Koide village is well known for good quality of thatch roofing. In olden days, some of the neighboring villages like Oinam and Purul used to come and take thatch (Ngaiche) from Koide village for roofing houses.

Present Village Administrative System

In the present society, the villagers elect the village chairman and his secretary who is the head of the village council, which is the main apex body of administration in the village. The village council is all-in-all affairs of the village. Their main duties are to uplift the social, economic, education, political, cultural and judiciary affairs of the village. The village has women's, youths', students' and religious organizations. However, they are all under the control of the village council, though each organization functions independently of outside influence and function smoothly without affecting the village council administration.

Social structure of the people

The Naga lived mostly in the villages so, as the Naamai too lived in the hill-tops. The villages were built just above the spot where the spur of the hill-tops which provide a commanding view over the surrounding areas. The ancestors choose to live in the hilltops were to keep constant vigil on the invading of the enemies.

Naamai's was a compact and well-knit society where rigid customs and discipline were observed. As the village was an independent unit, the customary laws were supreme and dispensation of punishment was quick.

According to the customary laws and of the traditional customs the village had bonded certain rules and regulation for the well fares of the villagers that there shall not discriminate of any caste, class, sex and place of birth. Whosoever, used filthy words and tainted others will liable to imposed the village fined. The village is divided into khel, which is interrelated by marriage. Each khel is again divided into sub-clan and lineage.

The villages are in a compact settlement. In the earlier time there were gates constructed in all the village's entry due to ferocious of headhunting. In the olden times all the village gates will close every night to protect the people from the headhunters. Strong young men were appointed as village guards. In order to give alert of the villagers and scare away the headhunters, the guards usually blew buffalo horns. A round-the-clock vigil was maintained at each village gate during the raid of head hunting. The youth did the sentry duty by turn. Any dereliction of such duty met with heavy punishment. The village gates remained a prominent cultural landmark till headhunters ceased altogether in the villages, but one can still stumble upon dilapidated village gates. After they embraced of Christianity village gates were no longer maintained since there is no longer fear from the enemy. However, peoples started constructed village gates in order to promote the significant and important of it cultural and customs of the Nagas.

The Naamai Vaotao (Koide Peak) is the highest point and it is sloping down to Barak valley. The Koide village is on the periphery of (Vourei and Vurei) Barak River and some of the important potential tourist places are like Zhophao, Biisho, Ngaizhephao, Haphozhe, Halephao, Lahshozhe, Leacheche (hilltop cliff), etc. During spring season Naamai Hill's and valley's bloom of jungle trees flowers and Dziiriipah/kaotupah along with sounds of cuckoo and another bird name Reipeiho. In summer, Zhophao, Biisho, Ngaizhiphao, Lahsozhe, Halephao, etc. are fully green with small grasses but in winter the grasses dry up. From time to time people from Kohima, Mao Imphal and Senapati H.Q come for picnic at Biisho and Zhophao valley. The maximum temperature is 34.0 °C (93.2 °F) and the minimum temperature is 3.0 °C (37.4 °F), which was recorded in 2000 at Kangpokpi. Kangpokpi is about 55 km (34 mi) from Koide village. The annual rainfall on an average is around 1400 mm.