The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

manuscript notes made by W.G. Archer between 1946 & 1948, and miscellaneous papers and letters

caption: erection of a new village gate
medium: notes
keywords: genna
person: Tsotonoma khel
location: Kohima
production:
person: Archer/ W.G.
date: 1946-1948
refnum: 12:37
text: Between the dragging of the gate and its actual installation, the whole Khel is in a ritual state and no one may on any account go to his fields and engage in cultivation.