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Chapter One. The Material Background |
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morungs or bachelors' halls |
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Of all the men's houses or bachelors' halls of the Naga tribes, those of the Konyaks were the largest and most imposing and their role in the social life of the village corresponded to their striking appearance. In the dialect of Wakching they were described as 'ban,' but here I shall use the more familiar Assamese term "morung," which has attained wide currency in anthropological writings on the hill tribes of northeastern India. |
