Nyulazhi Pojar wins 2nd Naga King Chilli eating contest
KOHIMA (Kisama), DEC 6, 2011: Breaking the 2010 record, Nyulazhi Pojar from the Pochury tribe who ate 15 red hot Naga King Chilli won the 2nd Naga King Chilli eating contest held at Kisama, Sunday.
Pojar ate 15 Naga Chillies (Naga Mircha) in a record time of 20 seconds. While Namluai consumed 14.80% pieces and Keduhoto Lohe who took 14 chillies won the second and third position.
Altogether 23 participants took part in the competition including foreign tourists.
Meanwhile, in the special category an Israeli tourist, Yakhim surprised the audience by consuming 11 Naga King Chilies to bag the championship among the tourists who volunteered to compete.
Pork Mania
The other attraction of the Hornbill Festival Day-4 was at the ‘Fat Mania’ Pork Eating Contest where Kekhriesetuo Kiso bagged the first position by consuming a record of one kilogram of Pork fat in one minute.
The second and third place was bagged by Yhunsilo Lorin who consumed 550 grams and H. Bokoi 500 grams. Altogether 15 participants including two women took part in the contest.
In both the competitions, the winners walked home with Rs.15,000 (1st place), Rs.10,000 (2nd) and Rs. 5000 (3rd) respectively.
The prizes were handed over by the guest of honour, Union minister of DoNER and Parliamentary Affairs, Paban Singh Ghatowar.
It maybe mentioned that Nagaland government got the original patent rights for the Naga King Chilli and has also been registered as the proprietor of the chilli with the Government of India, according to the Geographical Indication Registry (GIR) recently.
