The Nagas

Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry story illustrating tricks played on rivals books Konyak Wakching Wanching Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 "Once upon a time the Wanching men inquired from the Wakchi...
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Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry dance poems in praise of founders of a morung books Oukheang morung/ Wakching Angban morung/ Wakching Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 Dance poems in ...
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Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry love songs and lyric poems and their context; romantic love books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 The violence of emotions aroused by the unlawful appropriati...
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Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival personal decorations brought out before the dance books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 (197) The platform of the chief's house is filled with ...
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Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival Mauwang's wife dresses her light daughter, shaving head books Mauwang/ of Longkhai Wankau/ of Longkhai Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 Mauwang'...
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Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival Mauwang's wife dresses Longkhai girls for dance books Mauwang/ of Longkhai Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 Now the Ang's wife turns her attenti...
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Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival the character of Ngapnun; dressing for dance books Ngapnun/ of Longkhai Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 Among the girls is Ngapnun. I recognize...
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Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival further description of Ngapnun dressing for a dance books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 At last the long brown hair is ready, the parting mad...
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Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival dance by girls at Spring festival books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 No prima donna could take longer over her toilette than these girls, an...
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Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival men dressing for the dance books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 You might well imagine that the youths of the village would be here, forming a...
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Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival procession of men to the dance books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 At last comes the moment when the men, whirling their spears and dao as th...
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Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival singing and dancing of men in procession in Spring Festival books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 Singing and dancing, the crowd of men leave t...
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Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival rituals and sacrifice during the Spring festival; the god Gawang books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 (200) Suddenly all is quiet. The individ...
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Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival further rituals at the Spring festival books Mauwang/ of Longkhai Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 No sooner has the rain passed over than the o...
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Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival secret of the rite at the Spring festival books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 It was months before I could induce a man to confide the secret...
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Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival feasting at the Spring festival books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 The solemn ritual of the feast is now over, and the girls entertain the b...
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Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival the end of the Spring festival, retiring to bed books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 I go out into the night, glad of the cool air after the s...
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Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival girls undress after spring festival books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 Piece by piece the girls divest themselves of their ornaments, and bi...
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Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond on tour to Wanching; waiting for the rains in May; camping books Konyak Wakching Wanching Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 (202) Rice is sprouting in the fields, an...
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Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond storm in Wanching books Wanching Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 Hardly have I gone to sleep when there is a terrible clap of thunder and I am awake again. ...
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Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond abstention from work, genna, to avoid misfortune books Konyak Wanching Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 By morning the storm abates, and, to my surprise, we find my...
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Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond attitudes to supernatural books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 What is the Konyak's idea of the natural phenomena that sometimes threaten his life and his ...
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Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond attitudes to Gods and particularly Ghawang the sky god books Yongang Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 Yet they all agree that he lives somewhere in the sky a...
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Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond absence of heaven and hell books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 It is in keeping with the Konyaks' realistic philosophy of life that Gawang does not wait t...
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Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond ethical rules enforced by Gods books Dzeamang Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 Gawang watches over the numerous taboos and sees that they are observed. When ...
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Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond prayers to gods books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 It is not only during feasts and ceremonies that the Konyak invokes Gawang. Often in the course of his...
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Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond other spirits and illness books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 Compared to Gawang, the spirits of the earth, the wood, and the rivers are not very importan...
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Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond were-tigers books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 Sometimes ordinary mortals see the spirits of the wood or the water as they slip by, but only men particul...
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Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond Lemang the were-tiger books Lemang/ of Kongan Apong/ of Wanching Konyak Yungya Wanching Dikhu R. Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 Among the Nagas this is a well-kno...
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Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond scepticism about were-tigers books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 When I asked whether the seers really wander about as tigers at night, he answered excite...
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Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond employing a soothsayer books Limnia/ of Wakching Shankok Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 A few months before I am to leave Wakching, I decide to employ the ...
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Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond dream-life and trance of soothsayer books Limnia/ of Wakching Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 I ask her about her experiences in her dream-life, and she ans...
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Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond visit by soothsayer to the Land of the Dead books Limnia/ of Wakching Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 visit by soothsayer to the land of the dead The follow...
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Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond relaxed attitude to death, and the land of the dead books Chinyang Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 Often I am surprised by the equanimity with which the Kon...
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Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond soothsayer promises to do dreaming seance books Limnia/ of Wakching Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 Limnia promises to dream for me tonight, but now she say...
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Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond soothsayers tale books Limnia/ of Wakching Shankok Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 In the shape of her tiger, she searched for the path to my land, and roam...
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Chapter Twenty-five. Farewell description of artefacts collected by Haimendorf books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 (210) The veranda of my bungalow is covered with the specimens of my collecti...
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Chapter Twenty-five. Farewell favourite artefacts and dangerous artefacts books Chinkak/ of Wakching Mauwang/ of Longkhai Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 I cannot help my eyes falling also on th...
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Chapter Twenty-five. Farewell further dangers of carving forbidden objects books Chinkak/ of Wakching Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 These two experiences should have put me wise, and warned me...
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Chapter Twenty-five. Farewell parting from the village and the Konyaks books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 Men from three villages have gathered to carry my luggage and the objects of my colle...
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Chapter Twenty-five. Farewell parting from Shankok ; the happiest year of Haimendorf's life books Shankok Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 6.1936-6.1937 Shankok goes with me through the high forest where so of...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap a chance to revisit the Tirap district in 1962 books Wanchu Furer-Haimendorf 1962 (213) The disruption of all my plans by the outbreak of the second World War pr...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap history of Wanchus, closely linked to Konyaks books Lovraj/ Sonu Srivastava/ L.R.N. Elwin/ Verrier Wanchu Khonsa Furer-Haimendorf 1962 Though officially describe...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap introduction to the Noktes, sub-group of the Wanchu books Wanchu Nokte Rangpan Khonsa Furer-Haimendorf 1962 Khonsa lies within a territory inhabited by Noktes, a...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap outline of Nokte culture and society books Wanchu Furer-Haimendorf 1962 Even my fleeting visits to some of the Nokte villages convinced me that the tribe merits ...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap setting out in a jeep books Wanchu Furer-Haimendorf 1962 In 1962 the country had already been opened up by the construction of motorable roads, and thanks to thi...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap setting out and crossing river on suspension bridge books Lovraj/ Sonu Elwin/ Verrier Wanchu Furer-Haimendorf 1962 From Khonsa we set out in a jeep and drove lar...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap air-drop of supplies from plane, emergency food books Wanchu Furer-Haimendorf 1962 Yet, we soon learnt that modern technology made even more surprising contribut...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap climb up to Niaunu village and pitching camp books Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf 1962 A fairly long climb brought us to Niaunu, where we were welcomed...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap very little difference between these Nagas and Konyaks books Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf 1962 The inconvenience of a seemingly early beginning of th...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap conversation with Nyekpong, chief of Niaunu; handsome costume books Nyekpong/ of Niaunu Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf 1962 Nyekpong, the chief of Niau...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap chiefs and their power books Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf 1962 There were different ways in which the domain of a powerful chiefly house could be ext...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap political alliances books Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Chanu Longsom Mintong (Zonlong) Mintong Furer-Haimendorf 1962 Such a solution, however, was acceptable only to ...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap political feuds and inter-village rivalries books Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Mintong Vinyu (Ninu) Pomau Furer-Haimendorf 1962 In more recent times Mintong was invol...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap watching and filming dance of ambush and cutting off head books Wanchu Mintong Furer-Haimendorf 1962 The days of head-hunting were still vividly in the minds of ...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap powers of chiefs not yet curbed by political officers books Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Mintong Furer-Haimendorf 1962 The curbs on the powers of chiefs inevitably ex...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap class composition of Wanchu Nagas books Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf 1962 The class composition of Niaunu seemed typical of many villages of the Then...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap chiefs and commoners books Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf 1962 The sons of a chief from wives of commoner status did not inherit any part of their fath...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap minor chiefly class books Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf 1962 The most problematic of the four classes of Wanchus is the one known as Wangsu. The membe...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap chiefly classes and commoners - difference in appearance of women books Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf 1962 In many villages there were fewer commoners...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap dietary taboos books Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf 1962 dietary taboos There were also certain differences in the dietary taboos which the various cla...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap the economic power of a chief books Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf 1962 The economic power of a chief was derived from his ability to command the free ...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap an informal council of old men and their legal powers books Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf 1962 Though within his domain a chief wielded great power, h...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap execution of criminals books Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf 1962 (222) The chief of Niaunu told me of three cases of execution by drowning which were s...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap chief's legal powers over his followers books Sanwang/ of Niaunu Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Tisa R. Furer-Haimendorf 1962 A chief is considered justified in inflict...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap marriage alliance of chiefly houses books Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Vinyu (Ninu) Furer-Haimendorf 1962 The marriage alliance of two chiefly houses did not altogeth...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap beliefs regarding the after life books Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf 1962 Talking about war and killings, I took the opportunity to steer the conversa...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap composition of the land of the dead books Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf 1962 The composition of the society of the dead is similar to that of Wanchu s...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap shamans and their knowledge books Akhwan/ of Niaunu Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf 1962 The Wanchus' knowledge of the land of the dead is derived from ...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap consulting the shamans in periods of illness books Akhwan/ of Niaunu Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf 1962 When someone fell ill, Akhwan was consulted an...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap belief in a supreme deity books Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf 1962 Like the Konyaks of Wakching, the Wanchus also believe in a supreme deity, whom the...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap the very strong identity of Wanchus and Thendu Konyaks books Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf 1962 The more I saw of the Wanchus of Niaunu and such neigh...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap girls and boys sing in the evenings together; tape recording books Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf 1962 Nothing illustrated this basic similarity more v...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap songs and chants of boys and girls books Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf 1962 Alternating, boys and girls chanted, replying in verse to each other. The ...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap words of alternating song between boys and girls books Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf 1962 _Boys.-_We_have_come_to_your_house_to_sing, _______Tell_us_f...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap song illustrating free sexual relations of young people books Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf 1962 This song illustrates very clearly the free and easy ...
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Chapter Twenty-six. Tribesmen Of Tirap views of area of first fieldwork books Wanchu Niaunyu (Niaunu) Furer-Haimendorf 1962 Looking from Niaunu towards the west I could see distinctly the ranges of th...
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Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland desire to return to Nagaland; Naga independence movement books Furer-Haimendorf 1970 (227) My short stay among the Wanchus had wetted my appetite to visit once...
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Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland by 1970 political climate relaxed books Furer-Haimendorf 1970 The predictable reaction of the Government of India was to close the whole of Nagaland to foreign...
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Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland permit to visit Nagaland books Nehru/ B.K. Furer-Haimendorf 1970 Eventually, however, I received the assurance that a permit allowing me to visit the Konyak ar...
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Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland visit to Zemi Nagas in the south books Graham Bower/ U. Zemi Furer-Haimendorf 1970 Before being able to set out for the Konyak-country I also had the opportuni...
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Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland leave to visit to the Konyaks books Bedi/ R.S. Alemchiba/ M. Zemi Furer-Haimendorf 1970 On 25 August 1970 I travelled by air to Jorhat in the plains of Upper A...
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Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland Nagas fishing in a pool in the plains - Konyaks settled on the plains books Zemi Simaluguri Naginimara R.S. (Naginimara) Furer-Haimendorf 1970 Passing Simalugu...
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Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland first meeting with Nagas with tattoos on the road books Konyaks Tijit Furer-Haimendorf 1970 Ultimately we came to a road barrier with a notice saying that ther...
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Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland arrival at first Naga village in forests, little changed books Konyaks Furer-Haimendorf 1970 Leading first through high forest and then rising steadily, the ro...
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Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland arrival at district headquarters of Mon books Konyaks Mon Furer-Haimendorf 1970 The road wound along hill slopes and we looked over wide open country lit up by...
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Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland the modern part of Mon and the old village books Konyaks Mon Furer-Haimendorf 1970 For the moment, however, my attention was drawn to the modern town of Mon. T...
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Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland arrival to stay with Additional Deputy Commisioner books Kikon Lhota Konyaks Mon Furer-Haimendorf 1970 We drove to the bungalow of the Additional Deputy Commis...
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Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland plan of tour in limited time books Konyaks Mon Furer-Haimendorf 1970 Kikon Lhota was anxious to let me see as much as possible in the limited time laid down by...
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Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland visit to Chui village books Mills Pawsey Konyaks Chi (Chui) Totok Furer-Haimendorf 1970 Instead of visiting Mon we went to Chui, accompanied by an English-spea...
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Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland arrival at Chui through village gate; girl's grave books Konyaks Chi (Chui) Furer-Haimendorf 1970 On the steep ascent to Chui our jeep broke down and we contin...
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Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland the morung, little seems to have changed books Konyaks Chi (Chui) Furer-Haimendorf 1970 The village-gate was dominated by one of the morung where the young war...
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Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland the Ang's house and platform and massive seat books Konyaks Chi (Chui) Furer-Haimendorf 1970 At the far end of the village we came to the house of the Ang, an ...
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Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland numerous trophy heads at the chief's house at Chui books Konyaks Chi (Chui) Furer-Haimendorf 1970 Under the eaves of the chief's house, tied to the wall or res...
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Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland greeting from Ang of Chui wearing black shorts and brass head chest ornament books Konyaks Chi (Chui) Furer-Haimendorf 1970 We were courteously greeted by the ...
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Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland the role of the Ang of Chui in the Naga resistance struggles books Konyaks Chi (Chui) Furer-Haimendorf 1970 The Ang did not know much Assamese, but in his own ...
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Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland the continued powers of Angs based on blood books Konyaks Chi (Chui) Furer-Haimendorf 1970 Finally the Ang asked me whether the Queen of England and the Mahara...
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Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland visit to village of Shangnyu or Hangnyu, girls in coloured necklaces books Konyaks Sangnyu (Shangnyu) Furer-Haimendorf 1970 The next day I went to the village ...
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Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland description of Shangnyu village books Konyaks Sangnyu (Shangnyu) Furer-Haimendorf 1970 The approach to Shangnyu is through groves of palm trees, grown mainly f...
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Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland enormous house of Ang of Shangnyu books Konyaks Sangnyu (Shangnyu) Furer-Haimendorf 1970 We went first to the chief's house, which was even more impressive tha...
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