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

caption:

field gennas

caption:

'nei-ku-ra'

medium:

notes

production:

person:	Graham Bower/ Ursula
date:	1937-1946

acquirer:

person:

private collection

text:

Nei-ku-ra

text:

Performed if a dhan-stalk is found with 10 nodes or joints. Dhan must be carried in by an even number of men. Near village, the field-owner's family meet them with "kachu" ready cooked and zu. They eat and drink, and afterwards may eat and drink what they like at home.

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