The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, Naga diary two

caption: Chare a mixed Ao and Sangtam village
medium: diaries
ethnicgroup: SangtamAo
location: Chare Chare
date: 13.11.1936
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: After some time resting, Mills and I go through the village. It has a mixed population. Originally a Sangtam village, it now has an Ao and a Sangtam khel. Superficially the two are not very different. The house form is the same as in all Ao villages.