The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, Naga notebook seven

caption:

morungs, clans and their origins

medium:

notes

ethnicgroup:

Konyak

location:

Namsang

date:

19.3.1937

production:

person:	Furer-Haimendorf
date:	23.9.1936-21.3.1937
refnum:	School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London

text:

(95) Namsang [] 19/3/1937

text:

_Morungs:
_Aiabang______Upper_khel
_Aiyubang_______"____"
_Moniubang____Lower_khel
_Landzingbang___"____"

text:

_Clans:
_Aiabang
__Bishanghu_____Lung
__Yanbaihu________"
__Honghahu______Ung
__Dauwanghu_____(=_Shungtokhu)
__Yangbenhu_____Ben

text:

All clans eat together. They are exogamous.

text:

(96) Bishanghu came from Angederuk (=Lungterok). They say that they were Aos at first, but they mixing with the Konyaks they adopted Konyak custom. [konyak]
_Yanbaihu_came_from_Yin-yu-shang_(Piankhong)
_Honghahu_came_from_Angderuk
_Dauwanghu_came_from_Yinyushang
_Yangbenhu_came_from_Tangsa_but_ultimately_also_from_Yinyushang.
_(99)_Bishanghu_and Honghahu don't intermarry
Yanbaihu intermarries with all clans.
Danwanghu, Shungtokhu and Yangben do not intermarry.

text:

_Aiyubang
__Yanbaihu
__Honghahu
__Shungtokhu
__Dauwanghu
__Yangbenhu

text:

_(100)_Moniubang
__Hongyakhu_____Ung
__Ghiyaghu______Lung
__Metahu________Ben

text:

_Langdzingban
__Honghahu______Ung
__Hanghahu______Ung
__Shungphihu
__Ghiyanghu_____Lung

text:

All the Noklang people who came to Namsang entered the Honghahu.

text:

All these Ung clan are not real Ung clans as those of Tangsa, Kamahu, Urangkong etc. with particular gennas.
(101) The Shungtokhu came from Yinyishang
(Nakhu and Pungwei, the dobashis belong also to Shungtokhu).
Hongyakhu came from Yinyishang
Ghiyanghu came from Yinyishang
Metahu came from Wakching but originally also from Yinyishang
Hanghabu came from Yinyishang
Shungphihu came from Yinyishang

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