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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field gennas

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'ting-teo-go'

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notes

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person:	Graham Bower/ Ursula
date:	1937-1946

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private collection

text:

Ting-teo-go (Laisong & Hangrum, Asalu use this only to get sun to ripen the harvest. Hangrum did this in the wet spring of '43 with great success, so Laisong followed suit.)

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Tingkhupeo strangles a small chick in front of the dekachang and leaves it on the ground; if its vent dries the weather will duly dry up. The villagers may not visit streams or bring in plantain-stems for food; field-work is forbidden and plantain leaves may not be brought in. Village not closed to strangers.

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