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Chapter Two. The Social Structure and its Units |
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morung chiefs or Angs; ceremonial duties |
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On a different level from the 'niengba' and 'benba' stood the morung chiefs who, like village chiefs, were known as Angs. Their status varied according to the political system in any particular village, and it was only in villages ruled by autocratic chiefs that the morung chiefs were of some importance. There, they received shares of all animals killed at morung rites and were entitled to some free labour from all morung members, but their duties were purely ceremonial. |
