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Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland |
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tenacity of customs despite Christianity |
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While in smaller villages the introduction of Christianity has led to the abandonment of many social customs and even such secular activities as dancing and singing, Wakching has shown considerable tenacity in maintaining the traditional pattern of social life. Among the Konyaks, Christianity was introduced after the end of British rule, and the agents of proselytization were not American Baptist missionaries, who had converted the greater part of the neighbouring Ao tribe, but Christian pastors and teachers of Ao and Lhota stock. Christian influence on Wakching has remained superficial, and some of the most articulate men told me that they had given up their old religion without becoming proper Christians. |
