The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

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

caption:

Impoi customs

medium:

notes

person:

Pakai/ of Impoi

ethnicgroup:

Zemi

location:

Impoi

date:

20.8.1970

production:

person:	Furer-Haimendorf
date:	8.8.1970-8.9.1970

acquirer:

person:

private collection

text:

Inf. Pakai, son of Namkia - of Imphoi and Mpame clan. In Impoi there are 15 families.

text:

Clans:

text:

Indrame, Ne-ume & Mpame. They all intermarry. There are no Sogame this side, they are in Boladon.

text:

mezat = clan

text:

There are no christians in Impoi proper. There is one Kadepeo, Helungeng. He is also gaonbura. There is a christian village below with 17 houses, also called Impoi. The dress of Impoi is like that of Asalu and Longkai.

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