The Nagas

menhirs connected with a cross-piece diaries Konyak Totok 4.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Hutton, 'Two Tours' In front of one morung stand two menhirs connected with a ...
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sitting board with hornbill heads and double-faced heads diaries Konyak Totok 4.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection In a morung there is a peculiar sitting board. It not only...
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women carrying baskets of rice to village diaries Konyak Totok 4.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Strings of women, mainly clad only in small skirts were carrying baskets ...
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Chingai, retired translator of Oting living in comfort in Mon diaries Chingai Konyak Mon Mon 4.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection We returned at dusk and paid a visit to Chi...
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giving an address at the High School diaries Konyak Mon 5.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Mon, 5th September Instead of going to Jorhat I stayed on and saw something of m...
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photos of Chingai diaries Chingai Konyak Mon 5.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection At sunset I went to take photographs of Chingai and his family. Next Previous
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delays in starting off diaries Konyak Mon 6.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection (74) Tang, 6th September We got up at 5 am intending to leave early in order to avoid the grea...
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down through the rice fields , through jungle and over bridge diaries Konyak Mon Tapi R. (Tapti R.) 6.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection From Mon the path descends steeply t...
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walk towards Tang diaries Konyak Tang 6.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection After crossing the river a long and steep climb began. It lead through old jhums and there was no ...
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grave houses with decorations diaries Konyak Tang 6.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection A rest-house on a raised stone-built platform indicated that we were approaching the v...
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morung diaries Konyak Tang 6.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection After crossing an old-type ditch which used to be part of the fortifications of Tang, we came to a morung, se...
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huge houses diaries Konyak Tang 6.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Most of the houses are very large, and the roofs look like the humps of gigantic animals. Instead of str...
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settling in diaries Konyak Tang 6.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection A gaonbura in red cloth and a teacher came to meet us. As the rest camp is very far down, arrangements h...
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men engaged in rice cultivation doing ritual diaries Konyak Tang 6.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection There was a genna on, and this meant that for the moment we could not e...
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using bamboos to divine which fields to cultivate diaries Konyak Tang 6.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection In front of the door a small fire was built, and specially prepare...
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smoked rats and other food diaries Konyak Tang 6.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection After the omen of the bamboo sticks had been taken, the food brought by the men and that ...
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Christianity in Tang diaries Konyak Tang 6.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Tang contains 204 houses, and of these 87 are Christian. Christianity was brought to Tang only ...
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the Ang and his family and enormous house diaries Konyak Tang 6.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection The Ang's house is enormous and was newly repaired by the villagers giving...
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old Ang with twenty wives diaries Konyak Tang 6.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection The old Ang has still some 20 wives, but most of them are of Ben class and quite old, and ...
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the advantages of Christianity diaries Konyak Tang 6.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Towards dusk we went to the house of the "Area Council Member", a middle aged man of ...
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a Christian with two wives diaries Konyak Tang 6.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Our host admitted that he had two wives and that Christians should have only one, but exc...
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old Ang smoking opium diaries Konyak Tang 6.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection In the evening we took two bottles of rum to the house of the Ang. We found him sitting at his...
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daos and utensils in house of the Ang diaries Konyak Tang 6.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection The hall used by the Ang is very orderly, and a large collection of dao of var...
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a drinking party and singing diaries Konyak Tang 6.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection The Ang has little personality and did not feel like talking very much, though the rum ...
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slept well despite noise diaries Konyak Tang 7.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection (79) Tang, 7th September Being very tired I slept well despite the noise in the house we st...
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no sign of promised dance ; man combing hair diaries Konyak Tang 7.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection The Area Council Member and the gaonburas had promised to arrange for a...
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mock head-hunt and dance , girls dance diaries Konyak Tang 7.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Later a first group of dancers arrived, - very well attired and most colourfu...
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a walk round the village diaries Konyak Tang 7.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection In the afternoon we made a round of the village. It is very large and dispersed. The morung...
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the Ang's house and communal group diaries Konyak Tang 7.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection In the evening we first talked to the gaonburas and then visited a group of boys ...
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return to Mon diaries Konyak Tang 8.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Mon, 8th September This morning it rained and we started from Tang in slight rain at about 10 am. - Ye...
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preparations for a funeral , funeral of a Christian diaries Konyak Yoting 8.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection However, on our way to Mon we had intended to visit Yoting, a ...
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return to Mon diaries Konyak Mon 8.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection When we left Yoting it was 2.45 pm and the weather was fine. We reached the bridge quickly and the clim...
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dinner with a Konyak minister diaries Chingwang Konyak Konyak Mon 8.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection We arrived in Mon at 5.30 pm and the ADC told us that Chingwang Konyak...
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leaving Mon for Assam diaries Konyak Mon 9.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Jorhat, 9th September This morning I recorded an interview for All India Radio, - the Minister ...
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