page_title: Poumai Naga
section_title: Food and drinks
hierarchical_section_title: Poumai Naga / Food and drinks
caption_attribution_description: English: One boar and two deer
context_page_description: The Poumai Naga is one of the major Naga tribe in northeastern state of Manipur in India.
  The Poumai predominantly live in the Senapati District of Manipur, though there are villages in Nagaland state. The Poumai mainly live in 100 villages that have been broadly divided into three blocks: Paomata, Lepaona and Chilivai.
  The Poumai speak their own language, Poula, and are generally Christians.
context_section_description: To the Poumais, food means cooked rice. They eat three heavy meals a day. As well as rearing domestic animals for food, they also hunt wild animals and birds. Rice beer, called Pou-yu or "Pou-zhao" in Poumai, is a very popular drink among the Poumais. They have been skilled in brewing it from time immemorial. Most of the elders, both men and women, chew tobacco. Some of them also use hooks or hubble.
caption: Wild boar and Indian muntjac killed during a hunt
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