The Nagas

Resillo of Tseminyu 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Tseminyu visit to Tseminyu and Tesophenyu tours Resillo of Tseminyu Rengma Western Tseminyu 1947-01-26:1947-01-26 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 'Rengma Nagas', Mills 26th January Today I went with Resillo dobashi to his own village of Tseminyu and after..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Tseminyu visit to Tseminyu and Tesophenyu blacksmith tours Rengma Western Tseminyu 1947-01-26:1947-01-26 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 In Tseminyu I watched a Rengma blacksmith heating iron and then hammering it into the shape of a dao. (39) The bellows are quite distinct ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Tseminyu visit to Tseminyu and Tesophenyu girls' dormitory tours Rengma Western Tseminyu 1947-01-26:1947-01-26 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 I was then shown a girl's dormitory. nagaarchphotP48293.jpg nagaarchphotP48294.jpg nagaarchphotP48295.jpg nagaarchphotP48296.jpg ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Tseminyu Tesophenyu visit to Tseminyu and Tesophenyu head-takers' cloth with painted band tours Rengma Western Tseminyu Tesophenyu 1947-01-26:1947-01-26 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 The owner of the house had secured a head on one of the earlier expeditions and I was ..
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visit to Tseminyu and Tesophenyu head tree at Tseminyu tours Zukhuli festival Nanyhuo of Tseminyu Houseman Major Mills Rengma Western Tseminyu 1947-01-26:1947-01-26 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 'Rengma Nagas', Mills On the eastern edge of the village is a head tree. The precincts are guarded ..
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Mills 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 visit to Tseminyu and Tesophenyu Rengma attitude to head-taking tours Mills Rengma Western 1947-01-26:1947-01-26 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 'Rengma Nagas', Mills p. 27 As stated in the 'Rengma Nagas' the object of head taking is clearly recognised by Western ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Tseminyu Tesophenyu visit to Tseminyu and Tesophenyu differences between Tseminyu and Tesophenyu tours Rengma Western Tseminyu Tesophenyu 1947-01-26:1947-01-26 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 As Mills has stressed in his book there is a marked difference in custom between ..
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visit to Tseminyu and Tesophenyu head-takers genna and erection of carved posts at Tesophenyu tours zonuophi Tekheni Rengma Zalho Rengma Rengma Western Tesophenyu 1947-01-26:1947-01-26 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 'Rengma Nagas', Mills p. 193 (42) Tekheni Rengma, for example, took two heads ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Tesophenyu visit to Tseminyu and Tesophenyu morungs with house horns and carved pillar at Tesophenyu tours Rengma Western Tesophenyu 1947-01-26:1947-01-26 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Besides these private houses all the morungs have massive pillars with carved heads and ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Tesophenyu visit to Tseminyu and Tesophenyu girls' dormitory tours Rengma Western Tesophenyu 1947-01-26:1947-01-26 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 As in Tseminyu, all girls are entered in dormitories from the age of seven or eight and these are all arranged in private houses..
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Nieghuwa of Tesophenyu Hutton 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 visit to Tseminyu and Tesophenyu memories of J.H. Hutton tours Nieghuwa of Tesophenyu Hutton Rengma Western 1947-01-26:1947-01-26 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 A touching tribute to Dr Hutton is in the house of Nieghuwa, a gaonbura. It ..
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