The Nagas

1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Lungkam visit to Lungkam tours Ao Lungkam 1947-02-02:1947-02-02 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 2nd February. This morning heavy rain kept me in. But about 11 the sun came out and I made a tour of the village. Next R65608 R65608 Previous R65606 R65606 tours Next visit to ..
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Chongli khel Mongsen khel 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Lungkam visit to Lungkam khels and the risk of fire tours Chongli khel Mongsen khel Ao Lungkam 1947-02-02:1947-02-02 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 The village consists of an upper and lower Khel. The upper is Chongli and the lower Mongsen. In 1943..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Lungkam visit to Lungkam village gates tours Ao Lungkam 1947-02-02:1947-02-02 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Of the many things which perished in the last fire a luckless casualty was the village gate. This was in two parts and contained carvings of a warrior and a monkey. ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Lungkam visit to Lungkam morungs tours Ao Lungkam 1947-02-02:1947-02-02 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Other casualties in the fire were two morungs. These have been rebuilt only recently and they loom above the other houses in all the smartness of their new straw. In the ..
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Sangpu 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Lungkam Pangsha Lungsa visit to Lungkam warriors' dress and head-taking tours tsungrem Sangpu Ao Lungkam Pangsha Lungsa 1947-02-02:1947-02-02 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Warriors' dress is now awarded to all Aos of the village who have either served as porter on ..
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Chamtiba of Lungkam 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Lungkam visit to Lungkam house carvings and feasts of merit tours Chamtiba of Lungkam Ao Lungkam 1947-02-02:1947-02-02 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Carvings on private houses are, as elsewhere, linked to feasts of merit, but I noticed only two houses ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Lungkam visit to Lungkam houses tours Ao Lungkam 1947-02-02:1947-02-02 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Going round the village I was struck by the airy spaciousness of most of the houses. There is normally a single room with sometimes a screen at the end but the room is ..
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1946-12-31:1947-02-14 Lungkam visit to Lungkam dangers of tattooing tours Ao Lungkam 1947-02-02:1947-02-02 Archer W.G. 1946-12-31:1947-02-14 One of the village women has no legs below her knees. While she was being tattooed, the places went septic, and all the flesh and bone came away. I do not ..
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