The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

manuscript - Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf Naga diary on his return to Nagaland, 1970

caption: Dimasa village
medium: diaries
ethnicgroup: Dimasa
date: 12.8.1970
production:
person: Furer-Haimendorf
date: 12.8.1970-9.9.1970
acquirer:
person: private collection
text: Soon afterwards we entered a zone of tropical forest very much like the one of the Konyak country.
text: A small shop above the road seemed apart from the village and in this there were some young men.
text: After passing this village the road dropped to an attractive Inspection Bungalow overlooking the Dihong River. Here, at an altitude just under 2500, it was extremely hot. As we had tea I felt sweat running down my back.