The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, Naga notebook six

caption: gifts at rebuilding of Thepong morung
medium: notes
ethnicgroup: Konyak
location: Wakching
date: 25.10.1936
production:
person: Furer-Haimendorf
date: 28.8.1936-26.10.1936
refnum: School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London
text: (175) Wakching 25/10/1936
text: Informant: Dzing-ben
text: When the The-pong morung is rebuilt:
text: Balang gives one post (for the roof: dzan-pak cf. NB 2. p. 68) and every man gives one big bamboo. They also give madhu. Balang gives some smaller posts for the roof or one bamboo from every man. Angban gives one post (dzan-pak); no madhu.
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