The Nagas

1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Tang field recordings of Naga song and conversation sound Konyak Tang 1970-09-06:1970-09-06 Furer-Haimendorf Christoph 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 information from source unless otherwise stated Caption:men talking in the Ang's house nagasoundU23300.mp3 Caption:men singing in the ..
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1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection Mon delays in starting off diaries Konyak Mon 1970-09-06:1970-09-06 Furer-Haimendorf 1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection (74) Tang, 6th September We got up at 5 am intending to leave early in order to avoid the greatest heat. But there was the usual ..
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1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection Mon Tapi R. (Tapti R.) down through the rice fields , through jungle and over bridge diaries Konyak Mon Tapi R. (Tapti R.) 1970-09-06:1970-09-06 Furer-Haimendorf 1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection From Mon the path descends steeply through jhum fields...
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1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection Tang walk towards Tang diaries Konyak Tang 1970-09-06:1970-09-06 Furer-Haimendorf 1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection After crossing the river a long and steep climb began. It lead through old jhums and there was no shade. I took off my bush-shirt and ..
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1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection Tang grave houses with decorations diaries Konyak Tang 1970-09-06:1970-09-06 Furer-Haimendorf 1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection A rest-house on a raised stone-built platform indicated that we were approaching the village. Soon we entered high forest, ..
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1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection Tang morung diaries Konyak Tang 1970-09-06:1970-09-06 Furer-Haimendorf 1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection After crossing an old-type ditch which used to be part of the fortifications of Tang, we came to a morung, set high with stone steps flanked by ..
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1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection Tang huge houses diaries Konyak Tang 1970-09-06:1970-09-06 Furer-Haimendorf 1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection Most of the houses are very large, and the roofs look like the humps of gigantic animals. Instead of straight ridge-posts, - there are ..
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1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection Tang settling in diaries Konyak Tang 1970-09-06:1970-09-06 Furer-Haimendorf 1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection A gaonbura in red cloth and a teacher came to meet us. As the rest camp is very far down, arrangements have been made to put us up in the ..
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1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection Tang men engaged in rice cultivation doing ritual diaries Konyak Tang 1970-09-06:1970-09-06 Furer-Haimendorf 1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection There was a genna on, and this meant that for the moment we could not enter. But we passed along the side ..
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1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection Tang using bamboos to divine which fields to cultivate diaries Konyak Tang 1970-09-06:1970-09-06 Furer-Haimendorf 1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection In front of the door a small fire was built, and specially prepared pairs of bamboo were held over it. ..
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1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection Tang smoked rats and other food diaries Konyak Tang 1970-09-06:1970-09-06 Furer-Haimendorf 1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection After the omen of the bamboo sticks had been taken, the food brought by the men and that was provided by the Ang's household ..
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1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection Tang Christianity in Tang diaries Konyak Tang 1970-09-06:1970-09-06 Furer-Haimendorf 1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection Tang contains 204 houses, and of these 87 are Christian. Christianity was brought to Tang only 5 years ago, but today there is an Ao..
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1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection Tang the Ang and his family and enormous house diaries Konyak Tang 1970-09-06:1970-09-06 Furer-Haimendorf 1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection The Ang's house is enormous and was newly repaired by the villagers giving 3 days of free labour earlier this ..
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1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection Tang old Ang with twenty wives diaries Konyak Tang 1970-09-06:1970-09-06 Furer-Haimendorf 1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection The old Ang has still some 20 wives, but most of them are of Ben class and quite old, and hardly distinguishable from domestic ..
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1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection Tang the advantages of Christianity diaries Konyak Tang 1970-09-06:1970-09-06 Furer-Haimendorf 1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection Towards dusk we went to the house of the "Area Council Member", a middle aged man of Ben class, who seems to be more ..
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1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection Tang a Christian with two wives diaries Konyak Tang 1970-09-06:1970-09-06 Furer-Haimendorf 1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection Our host admitted that he had two wives and that Christians should have only one, but excused himself by saying that he had ..
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1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection Tang old Ang smoking opium diaries Konyak Tang 1970-09-06:1970-09-06 Furer-Haimendorf 1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection In the evening we took two bottles of rum to the house of the Ang. We found him sitting at his hearth with his half brother and a ..
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1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection Tang daos and utensils in house of the Ang diaries Konyak Tang 1970-09-06:1970-09-06 Furer-Haimendorf 1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection The hall used by the Ang is very orderly, and a large collection of dao of various shapes and other weapons and ..
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1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection Tang a drinking party and singing diaries Konyak Tang 1970-09-06:1970-09-06 Furer-Haimendorf 1970-08-12:1970-09-09 private collection The Ang has little personality and did not feel like talking very much, though the rum gradually mellowed the atmosphere. ..
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1970-08-08:1970-09-08 private collection Tang clans and customs notes Konyak Tang 1970-09-06:1970-09-06 Furer-Haimendorf 1970-08-08:1970-09-08 private collection Tang 691970 Clans: Wangsham, Wang-sha, Wang-shu Kang (= Pangsha = Ben): Wangnau, Kongam, Yokam, Nam - women cut their hair Nanam, ..
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