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Sisters released 2 singles and kicked off a collaborative Ad Campaign with the Himalaya brand on a song celebrating Happy Hair Moments. The singles were "Road to Somewhere" - the sisters' first rap song in Chorki/English/Hindi and "Say Yes to Life" - a life-affirming
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Sisters went on a three city tour supported by Hard Rock Cafe India as Venue Partner in April 2018. 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.
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Sisters were part of the World Environment Day Celebrations in Kohima on 5 June 2018 and lent their voices to a collaborative single - "Contemplation" by Band Powerfaith featuring various other top Naga artistes. In one of the first within the Naga music circle, Naga artists came together for
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Sisters tour 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
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for special events, love songs, children's songs, laments, war songs and songs that are related to agriculture and its seasonal activities. The repetitive "Ho-he-ho"-"hiyo-hiyohey" choirs are shared between separate groups, either ad lib or echoing one another. These songs are sometimes accompanied
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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
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Sisters recited the National Anthem at the opening ceremony of the Pro Kabbadi League Season 1 in Kolkata in July, 2015. 2015 ended on a high with winning the Best Folk/Fusion Act award at the first ever Indihut Music Awards 2015 handed out in December 2015.
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November 2020, Tetseo Sisters released a single, La té, Veteho (Stop. Enough!) as part of a collaborative album "We stand with her" with Bluesanova, Mumbai-based producer; littlesound.in and bettercollabs. The song is a protest song in Chokri Naga and English.
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December 2019, Tetseo Sisters presented their music and storytelling art at the first ever Hornbill Festival Box Office Show from 1 to 10 December. The daily ticketed shows of 2pm and 6pm were well attended by visitors both domestic and foreign.
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first International Edition of the Tata Samvaad 2017 in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand in November. Tetseo Sisters performed at the Opening Ceremony of the first edition of the Nagaland Olympics on 12 December 2017 at DDSC Stadium, Dimapur.
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In June 2020, Tetseo Sisters released a single, "Say Yes to Life" to commemorate the World Anti Drugs and Trafficking Day. The song also garnered top spot on the Top 10 campaign song list by the Narcotics Control Board.
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a common environmental cause. The collaborating venture is part of a project called âCreation Careâ initiated by the Powerfaith Ministry, a ministry focusing on positively impacting the young through music.
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on the music platform indihut.com. Tetseo Sisters dropped the official video of a (yet to be released) version of their popular track single "O Rhosi (dance edit)" on their YouTube Channel in August 2018.
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from the University of Delhi. She does modelling, sings in other formations and is on a sabbatical from tours since her marriage to raise her two young sons. Kuku Tetseo studied at University of Delhi's
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