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Chapter Nine. The Girls' Club of Punkhung |
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arrival of translator Chingai |
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That evening the dobashi Chingai arrived in Punkhung, and I was glad to see him, for here, where none of the men understood much Assamese, his services were indispensable. I heard the rain dripping on my palm roof the whole night, and the next morning there was little improvement in the weather. I would have liked to take many photographs in Punkhung, for it varies in many ways from Wakching. The style of the men's houses is entirely different. They lack the great open porches, and the communal room lies at the back. Even in their importance as social centres they are over-shadowed by the chief's house, where all the councils of the village take place. |
