The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database
  1. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  2. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  3. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  4. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  5. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  6. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  7. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  8. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  9. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  10. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  11. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  12. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  13. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  14. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  15. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  16. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  17. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  18. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  19. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  20. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  21. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  22. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  23. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  24. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  25. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  26. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  27. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  28. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  29. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  30. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  31. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  32. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  33. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  34. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  35. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  36. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  37. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  38. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  39. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  40. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  41. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  42. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  43. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  44. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  45. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  46. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  47. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  48. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  49. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  50. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  51. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  52. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  53. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  54. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  55. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  56. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  57. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  58. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  59. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  60. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    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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  61. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    Sunday; people gathered in the village diaries Konyak Wakching 30.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Nevertheless we went to the village and found many more people there tha...
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  62. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    the fortunes of various households diaries Chinyung Shankok Thepong morung Shoupa Konyak Wakching 30.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection First we were entertained by Chinyung...
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  63. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    dressing up in ceremonial clothes diaries Konyak Wakching 30.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Later I was asked to photograph various members of the family and this led to...
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  64. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    domestic life little changed , but western goods diaries Shoupa Konyak Wakching 30.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection In the wealthier households there is certainly addition...
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  65. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    rice-husker now used diaries Konyak Wakching 30.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection A rice-husker similar to a handmill is found in some houses and this eases the way of husk...
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  66. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    visit to high school at Wakching diaries Konyak Wakching 31.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection (65) Wakching, 31st August This morning we went to the High School below Wakch...
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  67. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    address to students diaries Konyak Wakching 31.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Unexpectedly I was asked to address the students. I did as best as I could telling them to ...
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  68. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    little change in Shiong village diaries Konyak Shiong 31.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection From the school we drove to Shiong. The village does not look very different from...
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  69. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    house of late translator Ahon diaries Ahon/ of Shiong Konyak Shiong 31.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection We went to the house of the late Dobashi Ahon. In front is a memori...
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  70. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    opium smoking old man and house with modern goods diaries Ahon/ of Shiong Henphong/ of Shiong Chinwang/ of Shiong Konyak Shiong 31.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection We were...
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  71. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    reminiscences of time in the Naga underground diaries Henphong/ of Shiong Konyak Shiong 31.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection We were offered tea, and rice-beer. Later also ...
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  72. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    a less traditional village than Wakching diaries Konyak Shiong 31.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Shiong is much less traditional than Wakching. Only older women wear the...
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  73. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    antagonisms between Chui and Wakching diaries Konyak Shiong 31.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Though Henphong spoke rather disparagingly about Angs in general, Shiong se...
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  74. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    embarrassing gifts diaries Konyak Shiong 31.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection I was somewhat embarrassed by the gift of a spear and a cloth, the latter woven by Henphong's ...
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  75. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    Christianity ended rites ; head-hunting tattoos as result of 1937 expedition diaries Konyak Shiong 31.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Shiong is totally Christian and no m...
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  76. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    leave village diaries Konyak Shiong 31.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection We left fairly early having exhausted topics of conversation and photography. Henphong wanted us to...
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  77. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    singing and meeting of boys and girls diaries Konyak Wakching 31.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Later this evening we went to Wakching and observed the nightlife of the ...
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  78. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    jew's harp and string instruments diaries Konyak Wakching 31.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection We also heard the girls' and boys' playing on jew's harp Next Previous
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  79. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    boys and girls still have sexual relations in granaries diaries Konyak Wakching 31.8.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection I understand that as in the old times boys and girls sl...
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  80. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    drive to Wanching diaries Konyak Wanching 1.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Wakching, 1st September This weather continues to be fine. This morning we drove to Wanching. ...
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  81. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    little change diaries Konyak Wanching 1.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Wanching is even less touched by modern influences than Wakching. Only a minority of the inhabitan...
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  82. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    a few items of modern dress diaries Konyak Wanching 1.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection There are a few items of modern dress among the men and children, but otherwise the ...
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  83. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    the resistance movement diaries Konyak Wanching 1.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection During the period of the underground movement Wanching was once completely surrounded by...
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  84. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    bringing rice into the granary diaries Konyak Wakching 1.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection At Wakching I filmed the bringing in of rice into the (68) granaries. Their doors...
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  85. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    girls at the well ; Henlong's house diaries Henlong Shoupa Konyak Wakching 2.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Wakching, 2nd September Today was my last full day in Wakchin...
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  86. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    son of former blacksmith (Wangpo) ; opium smoking diaries Wangpo Konyak Wakching 2.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Several men stopped me in the village and reminded me o...
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  87. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    many guns and few wild animals diaries Chinyang Shoupa Konyak Wakching 2.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Shoupa entertained us with the meat of a freshly killed deer. The...
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  88. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    carrying baskets into village diaries Konyak Wakching 2.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection In the late afternoon I went once more to the village and even in the dusk men and...
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  89. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    Liplung sings songs of the old times in the girl's dormitories diaries Liplung Konyak Wakching 2.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection In Shoupa's house Liplung came to be phot...
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  90. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    leaving in sadness diaries Konyak Wakching 2.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection I left Wakching sadly with the feeling that probably I would not return. Perhaps it is better...
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  91. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    useless new hall diaries Konyak Wakching 2.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection (69) In the centre of the village, on the very highest part is a tin-roofed building, - decorat...
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  92. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    a good meal diaries Konyak Wakching 2.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Tonight we were lavishly entertained in the house of the S.D.O.P.W.D., who is from Kerala and provid...
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  93. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    saying goodbye diaries Ngamang Konyak Wakching 3.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Mon, 3rd September The morning was lovely and I took my fill of the gorgeous view from th...
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  94. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    disappointment , only Ang's house remains in Longkhai diaries Konyak Longkhai 3.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection After breakfast we went to Longkhai, the village I remembe...
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  95. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    old woman greets Haimendorf with enthusiasm diaries Likau Mauwang Konyak Longkhai 3.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection In the porch of the Ang's house we found a shrivelled ...
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  96. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    older women and school children gather diaries Konyak Longkhai 3.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection While we talked to her other old women gathered and marvelled at the pict...
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  97. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    most people in modern dress diaries Konyak Longkhai 3.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection The Ang's brother and a gaonbura were still more or less in traditional dress, but m...
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  98. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    mass conversion to Christianity diaries Konyak Longkhai 3.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection There are various reasons for the changes in Longkhai. The entire village was co...
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  99. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    morungs collapsing diaries Konyak Longkhai 3.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection Of the three morungs only one is being maintained, while the other two have been allowed to c...
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  100. manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970
    Longkhai burnt for involvement with resistance movement diaries Mauwang Konyak Longkhai 3.9.1970 Furer-Haimendorf 12.8.1970-9.9.1970 private collection The second reason for the changes in Longkhai is...
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