The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

book : 'Konyak Nagas' by Christoph von Furer-Haimendorf, (1969)

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Chapter One. The Material Background

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drying and burning of the undergrowth

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books

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Konyak

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person:	Furer-Haimendorf/ C.
date:	1969
refnum:	with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 31:3

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The felled trees and cut undergrowth were left to dry for several weeks and then set on fire. In January smoke rose from many of the hill slopes of the Konyak country, and on windless days a dense gray haze enveloped the landscape. The ashes of the burnt jungle improved the soil, and as the Konyaks did not use any other type of manure, they relied heavily on the fertilizing power of this wood ash.

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