The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf notebook eight

caption: special rituals at rice sowing time
medium: notes
ethnicgroup: Konyak
location: Hungphoi
date: 14.10.1936
production:
person: Furer-Haimendorf
date: 4.10.1936-23.2.1937
note: [konyak] means text omitted
acquirer:
person: School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London
text: There is a general genna of two days at rice sowing time. Then every house holds a special genna when they actually sow their rice. One month after rice sowing it is genna to sell anything out of the village. (133) Also during rice harvest it is genna to take anything out of the village for selling it.
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