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:

Yimchungr drums and morungs

medium:

notes

ethnicgroup:

Yimchungr

location:

Cheshorr Huchirr

production:

person:	Archer/ W.G.
date:	1946-1948
refnum:	16:16

text:

In many Yimchungr villages only one big drum and a number of little 'empty' morungs in each khel - when a head taken, it is kept in the morung for a night - all the party sleeps there - next morning taken to the head-tree - sleep near it so as to guard it - Cheshorr has only burnt out drums and no 'little' morungs - because it has given up head-taking - owing to constant fires drums and little morungs are not being replaced (Cheshorr, Huchirr).

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