The Nagas

Hutton Furer-Haimendorf 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma tours Hutton Furer-Haimendorf Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 31st December 1946. This morning I set out for Khonoma, the first Angami village I shall see and the most redoubtable of all the ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma rice terraces tours Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Although the track begins three miles below Khonoma rice fields belonging to the village commence almost at once and we were soon moving along a ridge with a vast tract..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma field houses tours Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 'Angami Nagas', Hutton p. 53 Dotted through the fields are little thatched huts where in bad weather men and women keep their clothes and food and eat their meals. Close..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma monoliths tours Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 As we neared Khonoma, monoliths grew more and more plentiful and in some of the fields there are whole colonies of stones standing on end and looking down the valley. Many ..
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Semoma clan 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma field rest house tours mechuki tsungi Semoma clan Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 About half a mile from the village we came to a field rest-house. This is known as 'Mechuki' and is a solidly built hall with ..
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Pawsey 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma cones made at path clearing festival tours Pawsey Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Just below the hall there is an ascending series of mud platforms. The three lowest each contains a single globed cone, moulded out..
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Semoma khel Thevoma khel Merhema khel 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma scarecrows, shrine of Kipuche tours Kipuche Semoma khel Thevoma khel Merhema khel Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 From the hall the path drops down to a stream and the fields were ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma fortress and gates tours Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Just above the stones the path comes out at a great roofed block-house which marks the village entrance. There is a large carved gate nearby and the village is ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma children's tops; dress tours Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Inside the village, all the smaller boys and girls were playing with tops. The stone is carefully cut into two cones and is spun in exactly the same way as ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma gaonbura's house tours Sekrengi festival Thekrangi festival Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 After toiling up the spur, I was glad to stop at a gaonbura's house. This is used as a 'theka ki' at the Sekrengi festival and ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma stone circle tours Kemova Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 A most impressive feature of the village is the great stone circle which marks the grave of the first director of the village ceremonies, the Kemova. This is ..
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Unelhu 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Khonoma visit to Khonoma views on independence tours Unelhu Khonoma 1946-12-31:1946-12-31 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 After lunch I sat on a high fort taking in the enormous view and talking to Unelhu about the coming changes. He is attached to the public works ..
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