The Nagas

1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Dzulu R. journey back to Mokokchung landscape and vegetation diaries Dzulu R. 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 4 September. Chizami. During the last three days the landscape has had a character all its own. The mountains are both higher and steeper ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 journey back to Mokokchung Angami terracing diaries 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 But while for great stretches the jungle rules, some hillsides have been completely cleared and cultivation is vaster and more sustained than any I have seen in ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 journey back to Mokokchung diaries 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The pony was particularly irritating today. Whenever the road is unusually precipitous with a yawning gulf below, it minces along the outside edge with complete nonchalance, detaching..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Chizami journey back to Mokokchung monoliths memorials in Chizami diaries Chizami 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 As one nears a village, groups of stone monoliths rise from the paths. These are erected by rich men to celebrate their wealth and ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kekrima Pfutsero Chizami journey back to Mokokchung village defences diaries Kekrima Pfutsero Chizami 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Many of these Angami villages are impressively situated. Founded in the days of headhunting, a site was chosen which..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kekrima Kohima journey back to Mokokchung village gates diaries Kekrima Kohima 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 At the end of these tunnels the entrance to the village is blocked by a great solid gate which is nowadays left open. Most gates are ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 journey back to Mokokchung siting of village diaries 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The village itself is usually built so that it has a good view of the surrounding country. Around the houses are platforms of great flat stones which are now used as..
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Aohukyu 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Kekrima journey back to Mokokchung filth in Angami villages diaries Aohukyu Kekrima 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 It is impossible to describe the filth of an Angami village. It was raining as we went round Kekrima and we squelched through ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 journey back to Mokokchung feasts of merit, house carvings and mithan horns diaries 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 The house of a rich Angami advertises the status of its owner. The front is made of wooden boards and as he performs the various ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 journey back to Mokokchung house interiors diaries 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Inside the houses have three compartments. The front one contains a rice-pounding bench shaped like a boat with a keel underneath and four or five holes for pounding. ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 journey back to Mokokchung Eastern Angami women's dress diaries Angami Eastern 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 I had seen Eastern Angami men in Kohima, but I had not seen the women. They wear a kind of bodice made by crossing a red- edged blue cloth ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 journey back to Mokokchung female porters diaries 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 For the first time, many of our porters are women. The Aos, Lhotas, and Semas never let their women do this work. Most of these who carry loads are either unmarried ..
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1947-07-09:1947-12-04 journey back to Mokokchung diaries 1947-09-04:1947-09-04 Archer Mildred 1947-07-09:1947-12-04 Very few English women can have passed along this road. At every bungalow the women and children stand on the banks and gaze at me with absorbed and wondering eyes. This afternoon as ..
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