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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childbirth taboos

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notes

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Zemi

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person:	Graham Bower/ Ursula
date:	1937-1946

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private collection

text:

For 30 days after the birth of a child a father may not sleep on the same bed as his wife nor cohabit with her; any attempt to do so would be a gross breach of custom and she would resist by force if necessary.

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