The Nagas

..1946-12-31 notes Next 'The Lovers' - myth Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 'The Lovers' - myth notes suicide Namkia Gumtuing of Nenglo Zemi 1940-05-30:..
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..1946-12-31 notes Next bees as messengers of love Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 bees as messengers of love notes Namkia Zemi 1940-03-16:.. old Zemi custom,..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection rainbow round the sun notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. Next R86231 R86231 Previous R86229 R86229 notes Next rainbow round the sun Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 A big rainbow ring round the sun,..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection stars; celts notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. celts Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 Shooting Stars Shooting stars are said to be stars "looking for a wife", "going to get married" or merely changing their places because they don't..
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..1946-12-31 private collection 'The Bird which would not Work' - myth notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. the water-wagtail.) Next R86233 R86233 Previous R86231 R86231 notes Next 'The Bird which would not Work' - myth Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 Once upon a time ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection celts and lightning notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. Next R86234 R86234 Previous R86232 R86232 notes Next celts and lightning Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 CELTS...
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..1946-12-31 notes Next 'The Owl and the Barking Deer' - myth Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 'The Owl and the Barking Deer' - myth notes Namkia Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection were-tigers notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. Next R86236 R86236 Previous R86234 R86234 notes Next were-tigers Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 Were-tigers are known by their pug-marks,..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection earthquakes notes herapeo Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. Next R86237 R86237 Previous R86235 R86235 notes Next earthquakes Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 herapeo 1937-01-01 Earthquakes are caused by a herapeo trying to turn the earth over with a..
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Namkia private collection 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 notes Next 'Nkiqui' - myth Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 'Nkiqui' - myth notes Namkia Zemi 1940-07-16:..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection 'The Daughters-in-Law' - myth notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. Next R86239 R86239 Previous R86237 R86237 notes Next 'The Daughters-in-Law' - myth Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 Once there was an old man who had eight sons,..
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..1946-12-31 notes Next 'How Men learned to Fight' - myth Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 'How Men learned to Fight' - myth notes head-taking Namkia Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:..
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Ramgakpa Namkia private collection 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 notes Next 'How Men got Rice' - myth Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 'How Men got Rice' - myth notes Ramgakpa Namkia Zemi 1940-07-01:..
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1937-01-01:.. 'The Birth of the Spirits' - creation myth notes Katsingpeo Tsiuperai Zemi Mahadeo Mt... Next R86242 R86242 Previous R86240 R86240 notes Next 'The Birth of the Spirits' - creation myth Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 Katsingpeo Tsiuperai 1937-01-01 Once there was a herapeo who ..
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Namkia private collection 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 notes Next digging sticks Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 digging sticks notes Namkia Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:..
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Namkia private collection 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 notes Next dancing daos Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 dancing daos notes Namkia Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:..
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Namkia private collection Semkhor 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 notes Next salt Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 salt notes Namkia Zemi Semkhor Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:..
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..1946-12-31 notes Next Angami raiding Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi Angami 27 Angami raiding notes Namkia Zemi Angami Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:..
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..1946-12-31 notes Next stone-dragging accident Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 stone-dragging accident notes Namkia Zemi Impoi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:..
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..1946-12-31 private collection raiding notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection When Zemi villages were at feud or on raiding terms sentries used to be set around the fields,.. Next R86248 R86248 Previous R86246 R86246 notes Next raiding Graham Bower Ursula Previous ..
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..1946-12-31 private collection man-traps notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:..jpg Stone shoots appear to have been used by the Zemi at convenient places on the village approaches. Next R86249 R86249 Previous R86247 R86247 notes Next man-traps Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 ..
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..1946-12-31 notes Next Angami raiding Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi Angami 27 Angami raiding notes Iseing Namkia Namrebuing of Asalu Zemi Angami Izeingram Leikul Impoi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection 'Tsiuperai and Bangklawang' - myth notes Kamadile Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. Next R86251 R86251 Previous R86249 R86249 notes Next 'Tsiuperai and Bangklawang' - myth Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 Kamadile 1937-01-01 Tsiuperai,..
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..1946-12-31 notes Next 'The Mithan' or 'Hugining' - myth Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 'The Mithan' or 'Hugining' - myth notes Namkia Zemi 1940-09-01:..
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..1946-12-31 private collection Phellong (Impuilong) Angami raiding notes Zemi Angami Phellong (Impuilong) Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. It is related that on one occasion when the Angamis raided a village and the Zemi,.. vastly diverted to find that they were quite as scared as the Zemi;.. ..
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..1946-12-31 private collection Shemkhor's cloth notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. Next R86254 R86254 Previous R86252 R86252 notes Next Shemkhor's cloth Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 headman of Shemkhor with Kachari Kings cloth Shemkhor's cloth Mokordhon the Kachari ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection burial customs. notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection BURIAL CUSTOMS AMONG ZEMI NAGAS... Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 BURIAL CUSTOMS AMONG ZEMI NAGAS...
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..1946-12-31 notes Next slaves Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 slaves notes Haichangnang of Asalu Sogang of Asalu Imaba of Asalu Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection landslips notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. Next R86258 R86258 Previous R86256 R86256 notes Next landslips Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 If a slip occurs in a jhum,..
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..1946-12-31 private collection Hangrum Hangrum's migration notes Zemi Hangrum Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. ...(unfinished) Next R86259 R86259 Previous R86257 R86257 notes Next Hangrum's migration Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 Migration Hangrum community arrived at their ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Hangrum sepoys notes Zemi Hangrum Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. Next R86260 R86260 Previous R86258 R86258 notes Next sepoys Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 Note...
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection marriage incest notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. Next R86261 R86261 Previous R86259 R86259 notes Next marriage incest Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 Incest...
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..1946-12-31 private collection marriage marriage links notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. Next R86262 R86262 Previous R86260 R86260 notes Next marriage marriage links Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 Formerly marriage tended to be with families whose daughters were ..
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Ramgakpa private collection Gobin 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 notes Next marriage Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 marriage notes Ramgakpa Zemi Gobin Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:..
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..1946-12-31 notes Next Angami raiding and migrations of Impoi Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 Angami raiding and migrations of Impoi notes Mbairong of Impoi Songang Namkreubuing Namrebuing Haitsangnang Haikelungba of Asalu Zemi Impoi Asalu Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:..
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..1946-12-31 private collection migration of the Zemi notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. Next R86265 R86265 Previous R86263 R86263 notes Next migration of the Zemi Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 All the Zemi came from Remdi (Remdhi), from which they went to Remna,..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Laisong (Laison) Kepelo divorce notes Zemi Laisong (Laison) Kepelo Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. Next R86267 R86267 Previous R86265 R86265 notes Next divorce Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 Laison-Kepelo divorce case...
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..1946-12-31 notes Next scarcity in Impoi - report Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 scarcity in Impoi - report notes Ritening of Impoi Baker Stuart S... Zemi Impoi Gareoloa Asalu Gamvom Ngalsong Hakaokhang Tole Pangmual Longkhai (Longkai) 1945-10-01:..1946-12-31 private collection Scarcity in ..
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..1946-12-31 notes Next exogamy Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 exogamy notes Nriami clan Neomi clan Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Exogamous Groups The Zemi have two main divisions,..
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..1946-12-31 private collection Nenglo notes on Nenglo village notes Zemi Nenglo Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Notes on Nenglo Village (Zemi Naga), North Cachar Hills... Next R86269 R86269 Previous R86267 R86267 notes Next notes on Nenglo village Graham Bower Ursula ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection head-taking notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. Next R86270 R86270 Previous R86268 R86268 notes Next head-taking Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 Ho Ho asan Ka-ha-zam!..
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..1946-12-31 private collection conditions of marriage incest notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. No case of incest between brother and sister (actual or by Zemi custom) can be quoted,.. Next R86271 R86271 Previous R86269 R86269 notes Next conditions of marriage incest Graham Bower Ursula ..
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..1946-12-31 private collection conditions of marriage love marriages notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. The Zemi say that men are apt to think better of it and go home again,.. Next R86272 R86272 Previous R86270 R86270 notes Next conditions of marriage love marriages Graham Bower Ursula ..
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..1946-12-31 private collection conditions of marriage parents' role in marriage-making notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. Such a thing is counter to all Zemi feeling,.. Next R86273 R86273 Previous R86271 R86271 notes Next conditions of marriage parents' role in marriage-making Graham ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection conditions of marriage bride-price notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. Next R86274 R86274 Previous R86272 R86272 notes Next conditions of marriage bride-price Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 On the day,..
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..1946-12-31 private collection conditions of marriage elopement notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. Next R86275 R86275 Previous R86273 R86273 notes Next conditions of marriage elopement Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 The above-mentioned ceremonies are those customary in a..
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..1946-12-31 private collection conditions of marriage residence after marriage notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. Next R86276 R86276 Previous R86274 R86274 notes Next conditions of marriage residence after marriage Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 Residence and place of ..
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..1946-12-31 private collection Asalu conditions of marriage bride-price notes Zemi Asalu Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. the Zemi demands absolute chastity from his wife;.. Next R86277 R86277 Previous R86275 R86275 notes Next conditions of marriage bride-price Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection agriculture - harvesting notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. Next R86279 R86279 Previous R86277 R86277 notes Next agriculture - harvesting Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 Agriculture If a villager is having difficulty in getting his ..
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..1946-12-31 private collection Halei-na genna notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. maize and kachu are planted in the old jhums.) Next R86280 R86280 Previous R86278 R86278 notes Next Halei-na genna Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 [11] Halei-Na (March) (Heramui must be ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Halei-na genna first day. Harrok-na (jhum-firing genna) notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection 1st day... Harrok-na (jhum-firing genna) Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 1st day...
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Halei-na genna second day. Halei-na notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection 2nd day. Halei-na. The village is strictly closed... Halei-na Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 2nd day...
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Halei-na genna third day. Ka-ntoa-na notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection 3rd day. Ka-ntoa-na. In the morning the young men go fasting to a place near the path below the village,.. Ka-ntoa-na Graham Bower Ursula Previous ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Halei-na genna fourth day. Kangim-bu-na notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection 4th day. Kangim-bu-na... Kangim-bu-na Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 4th day...
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Halei-na genna fifth day. Ntoa-gwa-na notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection 5th day. Ntoa-gwa-na. First thing in the morning the buck who planted the rice goes fasting with one or two others to one of the nearer jhums and ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Halei-na genna sixth day. Haba-para-piak-penna notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection 6th day... Haba-para-piak-penna Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 6th day...
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Halei-na genna seventh day. Kan-tsi-na notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection 7th day... the Zemi say,.. Kan-tsi-na Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 7th day... the Zemi say,..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Halei-na genna eighth day. Heliem-zao-na notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection 8th day. Heliem-zao-na... Heliem-zao-na Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 8th day...
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Halei-na genna ninth day. Heliem-na notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection 9th day. Heliem-na. The pig is turned loose and caught by the bucks in the morning,.. Heliem-na Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 9th ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Gobin Laisong marriage notes Zemi Gobin Laisong Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. Next R86308 R86308 Previous R86306 R86306 notes Next marriage Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 Marriage...
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..1946-12-31 notes Next marriage and 'apotia' deaths Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 marriage and 'apotia' deaths notes Ngwobuing of Thingje Zemi 1944-02-01:..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection use of personal names notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. Next R86311 R86311 Previous R86309 R86309 notes Next use of personal names Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 Personal names The use of these is very restricted,..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection theft notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. Next R86312 R86312 Previous R86310 R86310 notes Next theft Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 Thefts Thefts of dhan from another village were punished - if the culprits were traced - by heavy ..
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..1946-12-31 private collection Khangnam dekachangs notes nzun-ze Zemi Khangnam Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. The Zemi unit of measurement is the "kap" or span,.. _Front_post_(Katsiang-di)______5_"kap"__=_25'_to_27' _length_of_hall_______________10_"kap"__=_50'_to_55' ___"____"..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection divorce notes Zemi Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:.. Next R86336 R86336 Previous R86334 R86334 notes Next divorce Graham Bower Ursula Previous Zemi 27 1937-01-01 General Divorce is allowed for incompatibility and desertion and adultery on the part of the ..
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.. Return to Nagaland visit to Zemi Nagas in the south Furer-Haimendorf Previous Zemi 48 1970-01-01 Before being able to set out for the Konyak-country I also had the opportunity of broadening my knowledge of the Nagas in general by a visit to the Zemi Nagas who inhabit the hills of North Cachar ..
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Bedi R.S. Alemchiba M. 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland leave to visit to the Konyaks books Bedi R... Zemi Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:.. Return to Nagaland leave to visit to the Konyaks Furer-Haimendorf Previous Zemi 48 1970-01-01 On 25 August 1970 I travelled by air ..
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1970-01-01:.. Return to Nagaland Nagas fishing in a pool in the plains - Konyaks settled on the plains books Zemi Simaluguri Naginimara R... Return to Nagaland Nagas fishing in a pool in the plains - Konyaks settled on the plains Furer-Haimendorf Previous Zemi 48 1970-01-01 Passing Simaluguri and ..
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.. Change of Course tribes of the district and their history books Kacharis Zemi Mikir Kuki Rangkhol Kuki Bietes Kuki Chongsen Kuki Khelma Kuki Thadou Graham Bower Ursula The Kacharis were the district's major tribe... Then there were the Zemi Nagas,.. and Thadous and Chongsens among the Zemi on ..
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.. Change of Course 1918 Kuki rebellion and Zemi dislike of Kukis books Kuki Zemi Kacha Graham Bower Ursula In 1918 the Kukis rebelled... Change of Course 1918 Kuki rebellion and Zemi dislike of Kukis Graham Bower Ursula Previous 49 Kuki Zemi Kacha In 1918 the Kukis rebelled...
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