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:

tombs on platforms

medium:

diaries

ethnicgroup:

Zemi

location:

Laisong

date:

16.8.1970

production:

person:	Furer-Haimendorf
date:	12.8.1970-9.9.1970

acquirer:

person:

private collection

text:

There are tombs as well as square stone platforms in the central street. The latter are being put up by rich men to gain prestige,- the young men of the morung put them up and are feasted in return.

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