The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

book : Return to the Naked Nagas (1939;1976)

caption: Chapter Six. Death in the Rain
caption: gifts offered after death
medium: books
ethnicgroup: Konyak
location: Wakching
production:
person: Furer-Haimendorf
date: 6.1936-6.1937
text: There was much movement in the village as gifts of betel, rice, and vegetables were being carried to the dead body by clansmen and friends. They came to the house either singly or in small groups, and before leaving they dipped a finger into a bamboo mug of water at the door to dispel all infection.
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