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living at peace with Yimsungr; heads not kept in morung |
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(205) About Chingmiren it should be added that this Chang outpost which always is covered in the back by the nearby Tuensang is living peacefully at the moment with the Yimsungr. Unlike the usual Chang custom the Chingmiren people say that they do not keep enemy heads in the morung as that harms the fruit of the fields. The Sangtam have a similar notion. They told us in Phire-Ahire and other villages that they stopped keeping heads from hostile villages of their own tribe in the village as they discovered that this ruined their harvest. |
