Good news! Tetseo Sisters to join Inside Northeast on Diwali 2020

KOHIMA: The iconic “Tetseo Sisters” from Nagaland are ready to celebrate their Diwali with Team Inside North East hosted by our very own Durba Dhyani on November 13 to discuss about the ‘Music of the Hills.’

A special diwali Dhamaka with the Tetseo Sisters will be streamed live on InsideNE’s Facebook handle from 9 pm onwards.

Tetseo Sisters include, Mütsevelü (Mercy), Azine (Azi), Kuvelü (Kuku) and Alüne (Lulu) grew up in Kohima, the capital of Nagaland.

They first performed as a group in 1994 and have been making regular appearances since 2000 at the Hornbill Festival.

In 2015 they have done numerous performances at national festivals and venues, the release of several cover versions in different styles:

• Barso Re, a Bollywood-hit, written by A.R Rahman for the film Guru, originally sung by Shreya Ghosal
• Marvin Gaye, with Kenny Rio, originally by Charlie Puth and Meghan Trainor
• Nobody, with Rose Vero, the Korean Version of a song by K-Pop-girlgroup Wonder Girls
• Nothing On You by Bruno Mars, with David Sawang

Some of their achievements are that they recited the National Anthem at the opening ceremony of the Pro Kabbadi League Season 1 in Kolkata in July, 2015.

The sisters' 2015 ended on a high after they won the Best Folk/Fusion Act award at the first ever Indihut Music Awards 2015 handed out in December 2015.

They also participated at Sarang, the Festival of India in Korea and performed in the city of Gwanju at the Asian Culture Center, South Korea and closed the annual Hornbill Festival of 2016 with a smashing performance in the year 2016.

In January 2017, Tetseo Sisters toured several districts of Nepal as part of the ICCR/Indian Embassy Festival of India in Nepal.

Tetseo Sisters were photographed by Mario Testino for Dove Real Beauty Campaign and featured in the May Edition of Vogue India.

Later that year, Tetseo Sisters headlined the first International Edition of the Tata Samvaad 2017 in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand in November.

They also performed at the Opening Ceremony of the first edition of the Nagaland Olympics on December 12, 2017 at DDSC Stadium, Dimapur.

In early 2018, Tetseo Sisters gave their first Tedtalk at TedxIIMRanchi where they shared their story under the theme "Defiers of Murphy's Law" on 28 January.

Tetseo Sisters performed live on Day 2 of the Lakme Fashion Week Mumbai Summer/Resort 2018 at the show titled NorthEastMojo celebrating textiles from the Northeast.

They went on a three city tour supported by Hard Rock Cafe India as Venue Partner in April 2018.

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They performed at HRC Delhi, Bangalore and Mumbai. Tetseo Sisters performed at the Mix the City IIT Guwahati and Delhi Editions as part of the British Council's 75 year anniversary celebrations.

They also made their debut at Ragasthan, India's only luxury destination music festival held in the sands of Jaisalmer.

In June of 2018, Tetseo Sisters received an Achievement Award for their contribution to Music in Nagaland hosted by M-Table Nagaland, at a function called ‘Acclamation Night 2018’ to felicitate Naga individuals who have achieved recognition in the field of music and for their contribution in leading the music industry in the state.

In August of 2018, Tetseo Sisters received the Governor's Award for Excellence in Music at a special function on the occasion of the Indian Independence Day at the Nagaland Raj Bhavan.

In December 2019, Tetseo Sisters presented their music and storytelling art at the first ever Hornbill Festival Box Office Show from December 1 to 10.

The daily ticketed shows of 2 pm and 6 pm were well attended by visitors -- both domestic and foreign.

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