The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

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

caption: Chapter Eight. The Harvest
caption: feasts at the end of weeding
medium: books
ethnicgroup: Konyak
location: Wakching
production:
person: Furer-Haimendorf
date: 6.1936-6.1937
text: (77) At the end of the weeding there are feasts in the field-houses, and these are the greatest fun. The boys of each gang invite the girls who have worked with them, and take a pride in making their beautiful companions so drunk that they must carry them home to the village.
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