The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

miscellaneous papers, notebooks and letters on Nagas by Ursula Graham Bower, 1937-1947

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sexual liaisons among the Zemi

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illegitimate children

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notes

ethnicgroup:

Zemi

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person:	Graham Bower/ Ursula
date:	1937-1946

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private collection

text:

If a girl has only had one lover, and has a child by him, she may take the child straight to his house and say that he is the father. If he marries her well and good; if not, he must pay the "milk-price" of about Rs 10/-.

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