The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database

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

caption: Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites
caption: dancing and singing in Longkhai
medium: books
ethnicgroup: Konyak
location: Longkhai
production:
person: Furer-Haimendorf
date: 6.1936-6.1937
text: The dance is not difficult. A simple sequence of steps, endlessly repeated, but the dancers bend their knees on every beat and raise their heavy dao in their right hands. After a short time my knees and arms ache, but the strong rhythm of the song irresistibly compels me to continue.
refnext: Next
refprev: Previous