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sexual relations before marriage and girl's dormitories diaries Zemi Laisong 18.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Girls can have lovers before they are married, and relatio...
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a meeting to encourage school attendance diaries Zemi Laisong 18.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection This afternoon was spent entirely in attending a meeting called by a part...
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setting off on trail to another village diaries Zemi Hajaichak (Hasoichak) 19.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Hasoichak, 19th August Again there has been a brilliantly fi...
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houses , granaries and morungs diaries Zemi Hajaichak (Hasoichak) 19.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection A gaonbura in red cloth and another man received us in true Naga styl...
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a traditional village diaries Zemi Hajaichak (Hasoichak) 19.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Hosaichak is entirely traditional and cannot have looked very different when i...
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land rights diaries Zemi Hajaichak (Hasoichak) 19.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection The problem of land rights is still somewhat obscure, but I am getting a little nearer t...
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gods diaries Zemi Hajaichak (Hasoichak) 19.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection I also broached the question of gods. Tingwang is, as it seems, the major god, and most sacrifi...
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a fine morung diaries Zemi Kepelo (Kepalo) 19.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection In the afternoon we went to Kepalo, on the top of the hill above Hosaichak. It is a colony o...
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feast to initiate the rice harvest diaries Zemi Kepelo (Kepalo) 19.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection In front of one of the morungs are two crossed posts with the fresh hea...
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Hkakngui festival to drive out ghosts of dead is abandoned diaries Zemi Kepelo (Kepalo) 19.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Kepalo, though a colony of Hasoichak is probabl...
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arrange for a dance diaries Zemi Hajaichak (Hasoichak) 19.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Tonight the gaonburas of Hasoichak said that they wanted to show me a dance, and...
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Zemi dancing, not very successful diaries Zemi Hajaichak (Hasoichak) 20.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Hasoichak, 20th August The dance was a disaster in every way. Only...
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landholding and migrations diaries Zemi Nenglo (Linglopunga) 20.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Very depressed by the apparent end of my filming, I walked up to Linglopun...
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rice beer offered diaries Zemi Nenglo (Linglopunga) 20.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection A friendly man in a house offered us rice-beer served in newly made banana leaf-cup...
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a fine village diaries Zemi Hajaichak (Hasoichak) 20.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection We returned very favourably impressed by this village, and I feel that Hasoichak woul...
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letters about defective camera diaries Zemi Nenglo (Linglopunga) 20.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection While we sat in the Linglopunga morung a peon from Haflong arrived wit...
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cattle, and soft fruit growing diaries Zemi Laisong Bagan 20.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection In the afternoon we went along the road to Laisong Bagan, a small relatively ...
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a Christian village ; fading memory of Europeans diaries Perry Zemi Laisong Bagan 20.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Nothing in the Christian village suggests modernizati...
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tour along ridge diaries Zemi Laisong 21.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Laisong, I.B. 21st August This morning we sent our loads early to Laisong, and ourselves went on ...
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blacksmith using bellows diaries Zemi Nenglo (Nionglopunga) 21.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection At first we climbed to the village of Nionglopunga (apparently not Linglopu...
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girl's dormitories diaries Zemi Nenglo (Nionglopunga) 21.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection On the way out of the village I photographed two girls' dormitories, - ordinary h...
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obligations to in-laws after marriage diaries Zemi Nenglo (Nionglopunga) 21.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Yesterday I heard that the young men of the whole village have...
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magnificent views diaries Zemi Hajailo 21.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection A stiff climb through high forest brought us ultimately to Hajailo, - before we entered the vill...
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clans and founding diaries Zemi Hajailo Bara Nenglo (Boro-Nianglo) 21.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Hajailo seems a poor village with rather bedragled houses, but with ...
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clans diaries Zemi Bara Nenglo (Boro-Nianglo) 21.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection We walked to Boro Nianglo, which is not far on the same ridge. Unfortunately no adult man...
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couple weeding diaries Zemi Laisong 21.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection From Boronianglo we returned to Laisong. The path dropped steeply through high forest. It was very ...
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news of possible visit to Nagaland diaries Zemi Laisong 21.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection In the evening we went to the Laisong camp. Two young men met me on the way and...
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on the path through the forest diaries 22.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Haflong, 22nd August Unexpectedly I am back in Haflong, and the projected tour to Guilong was ab...
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village on a ridge diaries Chota Laisong 22.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Finally at about 10 am we reached a village known as Chota Laisong. It was in the same style a...
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return to Laisong to catch jeep diaries 22.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection We rested and then there was some delay because a porter had taken a wrong turning. By the time...
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end of visit to Zemi diaries 22.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection (49) The path was terribly slippery at first but with the help of bamboo sticks we managed, and soon the r...
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back to Shillong diaries Shillong 23.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Shillong, 23rd August In the morning I saw Mr. Doalagupu, and gave him Rs 20/- and a note of apology ...
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a day in Shillong diaries Shillong 24.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Shillong, 24th August The day was spent mainly in settling my Nagaland and NEFA programme and writin...
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travel from Shillong to edge of Naga territory diaries Bedi/ R.S. Alemchiba/ M. Mon Jorhat 25.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection (50) Mon, 25th August Incredibile dictu - I ...
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Nagas fishing in the plains diaries Simalaguri Naginamara 25.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Through the rice fields and small villages we moved past Simalaguri and then ...
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neglected tea estate diaries Jabaka T.G. (Joboka T.G.) 25.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Soon after we entered a tea estate (Jobaka Estate) and I was surprised to see ho...
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delay at checkpoint diaries 25.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Ultimately we came to a checkpoint manned by police and a notice saying that there Tuensang district began....
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groups of Nagas on path diaries Konyak Tijit 25.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Next we came to the forest settlement of Tijit, consisting (51) of office buildings and ho...
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through Naga country by jeep ; people little changed diaries Konyak 25.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection The road led first through high forest, and then rose steeply. Soon...
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the new buildings of Mon diaries Konyak Mon 25.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Coming around a corner we suddenly saw the new divisional headquarters of Mon spread out ov...
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welcome to guest house diaries Konyak Mon 25.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection We drove to the bungalow of the Additional Deputy Commission, M.T.C.K. Lhota, a Naga with a p...
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wife of Mon Ang gives birth, so village taboo and visit postponed diaries Konyak Mon 25.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection (52) Mon, 26th August Today I should have gone to ...
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drive to Chui diaries Konyak Chi (Chui) 26.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Instead we went to Chui, accompanied by an English-speaking young man of Chui, who is vice-chai...
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headhunters from Totok diaries Konyak Chi (Chui) Totok 26.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection We stopped when overtaking a colourful group of men. They were from Totok. Many ...
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corpse platforms outside Chui diaries Konyak Chi (Chui) 26.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection On the steep ascent to Chui, one of the jeeps broke down and we continued on fo...
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morung and large menhir diaries Konyak Chi (Chui) 26.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Above the village gate was one of the morungs, - of the type with the eaves coming do...
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very little changed diaries Konyak Chi (Chui) 26.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection The houses of Chui are exactly of Wakching type, - and not the type I know from Longkhai ...
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the Ang's house with massive stone seat diaries Konyak Chi (Chui) 26.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Finally we came to the house of the Ang, an enormous building, - bigg...
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skull racks diaries Konyak Chi (Chui) 26.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Under the eaves, tied against the wall or resting (53) on shelves are innumerable trophies. To th...
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welcomed by Ang with headhunter's tattoo diaries Konyak Chi (Chui) 26.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection We were greeted by the Ang, a slim dignified figure wearing a tight ...
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inside the morung , old and new ornaments diaries Konyak Chi (Chui) 26.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection The Ang invited us into the huge front hall of his house. At the ba...
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Ang on the role of Angs and their power diaries Konyak Chi (Chui) 26.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection The Ang did not speak much Assamese, but was voluable and articulate ...
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Ang morung being repaired with iron sheets diaries Konyak Chi (Chui) 26.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Opposite the Ang's house is the Ang morung. It is now being repair...
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men and women coming back from the fields with baskets of rice diaries Konyak Chi (Chui) 26.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection (54) On the way back I took some shots of film...
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a party for Haimendorf diaries Konyak Chi (Chui) 26.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Tonight there was a party given in my honour by Colonel L.B. Hermon of Central Governm...
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visit to Shangnyu diaries Konyak Sangnyu (Shangnyu) 27.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Mon, 27th August Today we went to Shangnyu (or Hangyu), a village ruled by a Great ...
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road through rice fields diaries Konyak Sangnyu (Shangnyu) 27.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection We took the road past Mon and then branched off in the village of Lempungo. ...
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girls wearing necklaces in rice fields diaries Konyak Sangnyu (Shangnyu) 27.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Among rice-fields we ran into groups of young girls wearing li...
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approach to the village , set among trees diaries Konyak Sangnyu (Shangnyu) 27.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection The approach to Shangnyu is through groves of palm-trees gr...
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massive house of Ang diaries Konyak Sangnyu (Shangnyu) 27.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection We went first to the Ang's house. Next Previous
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huge wooden carving on Ang's house diaries Konyak Sangnyu (Shangnyu) 27.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection The most outstanding feature of the Ang's house however is an enor...
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the carving on Ang's house , with sexual and other motifs diaries Konyak Sangnyu (Shangnyu) 27.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection I took a photograph of the carving. It cons...
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Ang in fantastic dress of green shorts diaries Konyak Sangnyu (Shangnyu) 27.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection The Ang was attired in fantastic dress consisting of a pair of...
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clans ; almost identical to Wanchus diaries Konyak Sangnyu (Shangnyu) 27.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection The population consists of three Ang clans and a number of Ben cl...
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statues in front of grave house diaries Konyak Sangnyu (Shangnyu) 27.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection In front of the Ang's house are two grave houses, each containing sta...
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morung with small selection of skulls diaries Konyak Sangnyu (Shangnyu) 27.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection We went to see also one morung, which has a small collection of...
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a fallen tree blocks road diaries Konyak Sangnyu (Shangnyu) 27.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection On our way back we were held up by a fallen tree. (56) However with the hel...
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little apparent change diaries Konyak Sangnyu (Shangnyu) 27.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection In the villages of the Shangnyu one feels that the past 30 years have changed ...
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strange sensation of return to Wakching diaries Konyak Wakching 28.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Wakching, 28th August After about 34 years and 2 months I have returned...
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along the road diaries Konyak 28.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection After a rainy and misty morning we started once again in three jeeps following a good road which passes b...
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stone believed to be the seat of Ahom king diaries Konyak Tanhai 28.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Near Tanhai we stopped to look at the stone believed to have been the ...
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new buildings in Wakching , but same bungalow diaries Konyak Wakching 28.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Passing Shiong land we finally approached Wakching and my heart w...
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brother of former chowkidar diaries Konyak Wakching 28.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection We had not been expected, but the bungalow was soon opened. The brother of the late...
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climbing up to Wakching diaries Konyak Wakching 28.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection After a cup of coffee we set out for the village. The path down to the saddle is now li...
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morung dilapidated and some more houses diaries Konyak Wakching 28.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Arrived on top, the village looked a little different. Houses seem to h...
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houses and people little changed diaries Shankok Konyak Wakching 28.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection But as I moved through the street leading to Shankok's house nothing s...
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visit to Shankok's house diaries Shankok Shoupa Konyak Wakching 28.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection As we came to the old house of Shankok, his son Shoupa came out and gre...
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old people amazed to see anthropologist ; memories diaries Konyak Wakching 28.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection The old men could hardly believe their eyes, and kept on rep...
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other houses and morung diaries Angban morung Konyak Wakching 28.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection We then went to see other parts of the village. The Angban morung, recent...
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change and continuity in morungs diaries Bala morung Balang morung Konyak Wakching 28.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Both Bala and Balang had burnt down completely and t...
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warm and moving welcome from Shankok's sister Lipung diaries Shankok Lipung Konyak Wakching 28.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Our next call was at the house of Shankok's...
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disagreement as to whether things had improved since last visit diaries Konyak Wakching 28.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection But when I asked in various houses whether thin...
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visit to another of Shankok's sisters , Meniu diaries Shankok Meniu Konyak Wakching 28.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Later we went to Shankok's younger sister Meniu and...
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visit to the formerly beautiful girl Henlong diaries Henlong Konyak Wakching 28.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Finally I went to the house of Henlong and found her sifti...
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comments on anthropologist diaries Konyak Wakching 28.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Another old lady wondered how I had kept my teeth, - apparently rare among the older...
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corruption by outsiders diaries Konyak Wakching 28.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection On the way back we called in at the house of a man who has made good use of modern deve...
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a nice day , down to rice fields past the water pipes diaries Shoupa Konyak Wakching 29.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection (61) Wakching, 29th August Today I was lucky with ...
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fenced property diaries Konyak Wakching 29.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection As we descended further through high forest we found the path lined with flimsy bamboo fencing....
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shorter fallow period , cut by half , denuded fields diaries Konyak Wakching 29.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection At the lower edge of the forest is a rest shed and a high ...
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people carrying baskets diaries Konyak Wakching 29.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection While behind us large numbers of men, women and girls were going down to the fields wit...
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choice of area to be cleared diaries Konyak Wakching 29.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection The choice of the area to be cleared is still being made by the village council. N...
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people harvesting rice diaries Shoupa Bala morung Konyak Wakching 29.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection (62) Two or three fields below this rest place we saw large numbers o...
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harvesting rice in lines diaries Konyak Wakching 29.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection The centre of the activities was the threshing hut with its accompanying shelters. Nex...
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threshing rice in the huts diaries Konyak Wakching 29.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection The small boys picked up the sheaves and rushed with them to the threshing hut. Ther...
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hard communal work with enthusiasm diaries Shoupa Konyak Wakching 29.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection There was an atmosphere of excitement and though the workers were cov...
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returns and yields of rice ; borrowing and interest diaries Konyak Wakching 29.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Shoupa expected a yield of over 100 baskets from this one f...
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a meal in the fields diaries Konyak Wakching 29.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection At about 3 pm nearly the whole field was reaped and the first loads of rice were carried t...
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special rice diaries Konyak Wakching 29.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection We left when most of the reaping was completed. At the very end a plot with a special variety of w...
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carrying back the rice diaries Konyak Wakching 29.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection On the way back we and many of the people carrying back loads of rice were caught in a t...
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mist and rain , talk of a dance diaries Konyak Wakching 30.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection (64) Wakching, 30th August All last night it rained and in the morning there wa...
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