The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

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

caption: Chapter Nine. The Girls' Club of Punkhung
caption: enjoyment of leisure
medium: books
ethnicgroup: Konyak
location: Punkhung
production:
person: Furer-Haimendorf
date: 6.1936-6.1937
text: Why exert yourself when it isn't necessary? the Konyak thinks, and apparently he is right not to sour his life with too much work. To him the hours in the girls' club are not wasted time, and enjoyment is worth more than any material gain.
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