The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, Naga diary two

caption:

Mon rice harvest ceremonial

medium:

diaries

ethnicgroup:

Konyak

location:

Wakching Mon

date:

16.9.1936

production:

person:	Furer-Haimendorf
date:	2.6.1936-11.7.1937
note:	translated from german by Dr Ruth Barnes

acquirer:

person:

School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London

text:

The rice harvest on the other hand is initiated ceremonially by the Wai-yem. His clan also is called Wai-yem and to that belonged the founders of Mon. It was insisted with certainty that the Wai-yem clan founded Mon but in response to a question it was agreed that the Ang clan was already involved in the founding. I think it is possible though that this was done so that the Ang clan would not appear to be younger.

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