The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, Naga notebook four

caption: notes from Mr Lambert's survey tour diary of 1935
caption: gennas for birth
medium: notes
ethnicgroup: Konyak
location: Chen
date: 1935
production:
person: Furer-Haimendorf
date: 14.8.1936-5.1937
refnum: School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London
note: [konyak] means text omitted
text: In Chen the household does a five-day genna for the birth of a male child and three days for a female. (Wakching and Chi: 6 & 5 days).