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 Four. Religious Beliefs and Practices

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Gawang the guardian of oaths

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books

ethnicgroup:

Konyak

location:

Wakching

production:

person:	Furer-Haimendorf/ C.
date:	1969
refnum:	with permission from Holt, Rinehart & Winston, New York 101:5

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Gawang was also regarded as the guardian of oaths. When two villages decided to terminate a feud and conclude a peace pact, they invoked Gawang, swearing that any who broke the peace and disregarded their solemn oath should meet a speedy death.

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