The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

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

caption: description of a funeral
caption: Chapter Three. Phases of Life
caption: obligations to feed the dead
medium: books
person: Chinyak
ethnicgroup: Konyak
location: Wakching
production:
person: Furer-Haimendorf/ C.
date: 1969
refnum: with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York91:4
text: After a few minutes the mourners dispersed, but as long as the deceased's head remained on the platform, the members of his household had to bring it food offerings at the usual meal times.
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