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to Chare - mostly Sangtam with one Ao khel; head-taking |
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Nov. 5th - To Chare about 9 miles, where the gaonburas of Alisopo, Chatongre, Thungare and Chongliemdi came in also, all very friendly. Mr. Mills being unable to walk, I left him in Mokokchung, Mr. C. R. Pawsey going with me. |
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Chare is a Sangtam village with an Ao khel in it the Aos putting their dead on machans (while Sangtams bury) and otherwise keeping up Ao customs. It is a long time since there was any head-taking here, but I noticed a row of old gourds representing heads on the outer wall of an Ao house, one of which had a cranium attached and two others lower jaws ; these were probably taken from Litim many years ago. Sangtams put their heads in the morung. |
