The Nagas

Hill Peoples of Northeast India

Project Introduction The Naga Database
  1. diaries kept by Ursula Graham Bower on visits to Manipur and North Cachar between 1937 and 1940
    Luikai private collection Laisong gathering of Zemi at Laisong; dance diaries Luikai Laisong 1940-03-10:1940-03-10 Graham Bower Ursula private collection (15) Laisong. March 10th Woke feeling rotten. Diarrhoea, tummy well upset. Only one mithan in village. Owners wants Rs 60. Later in day visitors ..
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  2. diaries kept by Ursula Graham Bower on visits to Manipur and North Cachar between 1937 and 1940
    Gumtuing of Bara Nenglo Luikai private collection killing a mithan and buffalo for feast at Laisong; dance and feast diaries Gumtuing of Bara Nenglo Luikai 1940-03-11:1940-03-11 Graham Bower Ursula private collection (18) Laisong March 11th. Mithan still uncaught. Village asked permission to spear ..
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  3. book - 'Naga Path', by Ursula Graham Bower, published John Murray 1950
    Masang Laisong Chapter six. Introduction to the Zemi gathering of Zemi at Laisong; buffalo and mithan killed for a feast books Masang Laisong 1940-03-10:1940-03-11 Graham Bower Ursula There was to be a mass gathering of the Zemi here, with a feast and dance at which they and I might meet one ..
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  4. book - 'Naga Path', by Ursula Graham Bower, published John Murray 1950
    Chapter six. Introduction to the Zemi dance and feast at Laisong books 1940-03-11:1940-03-11 Graham Bower Ursula By dusk the village hummed. After dark the drums began to thud, first singly, then more and more, as the leaders gathered their teams together. Lights danced up and down the street; and ..
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