The Nagas

1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Preface possible dislike of books by Nagas books Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 possible dislike of book by Nagas The decision to republish 'The Naked Nagas' is prompted by the present interest in the fortunes of Nagaland and in the developments which have led to the ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Preface changes from the first edition books Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Some minor adjustments have been made throughout the book and two new chapters have been added. Chapter 26 deals with my experiences during a visit to the Tirap district where, in 1962, I spent..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Preface refrained from political comment on recent events books Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 I have refrained from including in this account of personal experiences and anthropological observations any comment on the political events which in recent years have ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills reasons for interest in Nagas and their megaliths books Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 (1) My interest in the Nagas and their country began long before I had an opportunity of visiting India. As a student of anthropology in the University of..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills fragmentary knowledge of this unknown land books Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The Naga Hills, as the part of Nagaland then under British administration used to be called, were for long one of the least accessible regions of India, and ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills persistence of ancient cultural patterns books Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The lure of such terra incognita and the prospect of encountering tribal populations relatively untouched by modern civilization attracted me then to the Naga ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills never a totally isolated region books Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 (2) Yet even before the establishment of British rule the seclusion of the Naga Hills had not been as complete as that of a Pacific island. Foreign goods, such as cowrie ..
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Hutton J.H. Hodson T.C. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills previous published materials on the Nagas books Hutton J.H. Hodson T.C. Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 In preparing myself for field research among the Nagas I could lean on a considerable body of ethnographic ..
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Mills J.P. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills help from J.P.Mills books Mills J.P. Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Equally productive and scholarly was J.P. Mills, who continued the series of monographs with three excellent books on the Lhota, Ao, and Rengma Nagas. It was my ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills little known about northern and eastern Nagas books Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Hutton's and Mills' studies had covered most of the southern and western part of the district, but information on the tribes to the east and northeast, many ..
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Mills J.P. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills a restricted area in 1936 and 1975 books Mills J.P. Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 In 1936 the Naga Hills were as much a restricted area as Nagaland is in 1975, and when after several visits to the India Office in Whitehall I ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills voyage by steamer to India and travel across India books Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 My voyage to India on board the Victoria, a luxurious Lloyd Triestino liner, provided all the pleasures of gradual introduction to the eastern scene and ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills landscape as travels across India by train books Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 In 1936 there was no alternative to travelling by train, and I am still glad that on that first journey through India I gained a vivid impression of the ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills travel by train up into Assam books Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 After a night and day in a train rolling northwards through the plains of undivided Bengal, I crossed the Brahmaputra by ferry at Gauhati and slept on yet another train. Next..
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Mills J.P. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills met by policeman at Manipur Road station books Mills J.P. Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Would Mills, knowing of my coming, have arranged for some sort of conveyance to bring me to Kohima? Without a useful knowledge of any Indian ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills road up to the Naga frontier through Assam books Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 It was a narrow but very good road which led for the next few miles through a friendly meadowland with patches of light wood and the thatched huts of Assamese ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills road to Kohima from Manipur Road books Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The road, following a swiftly flowing river, swollen during the rains, wound through a wooded valley, and then climbed zigzagging up the mountain in sickening hairpin ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills first encounter with Angami Nagas books Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 (5) A group of road-workers appeared in front of us. They were Angami Nagas -- the first Nagas I was to see. Their dress was unmistakable. Black loin-cloths embroidered ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills arrival at Kohima, description of books Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The tropical forest receded as we gained height, until at last we came to the region where the Angami Nagas grow rice on irrigated terraces. During the rains the road was..
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Mills J.P. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Kohima Chapter One. The Naga Hills meet Mills at bungalow in Kohima books Mills J.P. Kohima Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The lorry stopped before the gate of a sloping garden where deep purple bougainvillias blossomed and bright red bells glowed on the ..
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Mills J.P. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills responsibilities of a District Commissioner books Mills J.P. Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Small wonder that a man responsible for the entire administration of a district of about 4,293 square miles with a population of more than..
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Mills J.P. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills preparations for a tour through Angami country with Mills books Mills J.P. Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 "The day after tomorrow I am going on tour through some Eastern Angami villages. Would you like to come with me? We shall be..
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Tsampio Mills J.P. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills engaging a servant not easy books Tsampio Mills J.P. Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Next I had to engage a servant and this seemed to be no easy matter. The Nagas, proud and independent as many hill races, scorn as a rule ..
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Thevoni Mills J.P. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills setting out on tour with Mills and interpreter Thevoni books Thevoni Mills J.P. Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The weather was fine as we started from Kohima -- a piece of luck early in June when the monsoon is ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills description of mountain scenery and paths books Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The well-kept bridle-path led along an open slope. Before our eyes extended an immense mountain country; mighty wooded ridges succeeded one another, ..
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Thevoni 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills greeting from Thevoni's wife with rice beer books Thevoni Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 After several hours' march, we climbed down into the valley and crossed a small river. On the opposite bank there were several women ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chakhabama Chapter One. The Naga Hills arrival at Chakhabama rest house books Angami Chakhabama Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Lest our ponies should have been brought entirely in vain, we rode up the mountain to the Chakhabama rest-house. It was one of those two-..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chakhabama Chapter One. The Naga Hills description of a death and funeral at Chakhabama books Angami Chakhabama Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chakhabama consisted only of a few small houses near the bungalow. But here there was great excitement. The keeper of the ..
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Thevoni Mills 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Thenizumi Chapter One. The Naga Hills description of crowd of inhabitants of Thenizumi books Thevoni Mills Angami Thenizumi Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The next day, arriving at one of those small rest-houses in the middle of the woods that the Nagas ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Cheswezumi Chapter One. The Naga Hills arrival at Cheswezumi, an Angami village books Angami Cheswezumi Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 We arrived at the bungalow, lying slightly below the village of Cheswezumi, at the head of this strange procession. After a short rest..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Cheswezumi Chapter One. The Naga Hills detailed description of Cheswezumi village books Angami Cheswezumi Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The slippery path led through a narrow rocky passage, (9) overgrown with bushes and prickly creepers. The defence of such a tunnel ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Cheswezumi Chapter One. The Naga Hills description of the inside a Naga house books Angami Cheswezumi Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Eventually an old man in the red cloth of a gaonbura appeared and invited me with signs and gestures to come into his house. It was so ..
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Mills J.P. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills Mills occupied counting houses for tax assessment books Mills J.P. Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 During the next few days Mills was mainly occupied in counting the houses of several villages for the assessment of taxes. ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills difficulties of house assessing, description of village books Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Whenever we arrived in a village the inhabitants held a holiday. It is difficult to say whether it was from joy at our visit or whether, ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills lookout posts and carvings and views books Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Tall posts propped up against the edge of the steps carry the platforms that serve the Naga as lookouts. Like rows of swallows, the young men often perch on ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills Angami irrigated rice cultivation described books Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 But there still remained many months before the reaping. Now, in June, the rice had to be transplanted, and a great deal of hard work was to come. The ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Sathazumi Chapter One. The Naga Hills girls and boys planting out rice seedlings near Sathazumi books Angami Sathazumi Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 One day we climbed up to a village and as we made our way through the labyrinth of terraces, the rhythmic working songs..
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Thevoni Mills J.P. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Sathazumi Chapter One. The Naga Hills quarrel at Sathazumi books Thevoni Mills J.P. Angami Sathazumi Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 We spent that evening at the Sathazumi inspection bungalow nearly 6,000 feet above sea level. The sunlight lay golden ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills reasons for frequent disputes among Angamis books Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Why is it that the Angamis of those remote villages, whose economy had then not been disrupted by any outside force, were unable to settle their disputes..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills absence of political or judicial authorities among Angamis; office of founder's descendant books Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 (13) The Angamis were never ruled by chiefs, and no one individual seems ever to have had authority over ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills privileges and powers of founder's kin or tevo books thevo Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Today it is difficult to see how in the old days an Angami village was run. With independent khel and rivalling clans one would almost suppose ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills advantages of being a tevo books Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 You would think that the man envisaged as the successor of the Tevo must cut but a poor figure on the marriage market. Nevertheless there are always girls to be found who..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills story of treachery by a tevo books Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 A woman from a neighbouring village came to see the Tevo's wife, and during a friendly chat obliged her by picking a few lice out of her hair. Later it became known ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills tevo does not have to pay house tax books Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 With such beliefs it is not easy to hold the office of Tevo. Yet it had one material advantage: an understanding administration, recognizing the value of the ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills peculiarities of marriage customs of Eastern Angamis books Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Passing through an Eastern Angami village one soon notices that the youngest - and naturally often the prettiest - girls, wear their hair quite ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter One. The Naga Hills virginity disliked and sexual prowess honoured books Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 It would seem that hardly one per cent of these first marriages lead to permanent unions. Perhaps it is the fear that the girl may die without sexual ..
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Netsoho 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit attempted reconstruction of mind of Naga wishing to put up house horns on his house books Netsoho Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Imperceptibly the first grey of dawn crept over the sleeping village as the pale, tired moon ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit early morning in an Angami village books Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Thick mists still hid the valley and the rice-fields, but already (17) the morning sun had kissed the yellow straw of the roofs so much higher up on the hills ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit preparing for Feast of Merit; ceremonial dress books Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The day was a feast day, and no one went to the fields. The men and women sat in front of their houses putting the last touches to their ceremonial ..
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Netsoho 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit sacrifice of bulls near Netsoho's house books Netsoho Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Late in the morning, when all the preparations were complete, small groups streamed towards Netsoho's house. Two choice bulls were tied to ..
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Netsoho 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit blessing by tevo books Netsoho Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The grey-haired Tevo was politely invited into Netsoho's house.. There, in solemn silence, Netsoho sat with his wife on the huge (18) rice-pounding table. The Tevo..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit further sacrifices and feasting books Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The feast was now formally opened, and all the guests revelled in food and drink. Neither was lacking. Two more bulls, three buffaloes, and one mithan (Bosfrontalis..
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Netsoho 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit fetching of two stones on sledges; stone dragging described books Netsoho Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 But it was not yet time for the men to lose themselves in the enjoyments of the feast; there was still work to be done. ..
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Netsoho 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit stone dragging cloth books Netsoho Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 It was an excited, riotous crowd that wound its way through the sunlit forest. Rhythmical shouts encouraged the sledge-draggers at the steepest parts of the ..
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Netsoho 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit stones slid into holes with offerings books Netsoho Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Near the path to the fields, and close to the stone monuments of other men, two holes had already been dug, and as the sun touched the horizon..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit blessing of stones books Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 "May my meat increase, may my crops increase, may my food last long, may my food not be finished quickly," they murmured in turn. Next R90557 R90557 Previous R90555 R90555 books..
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Netsoho 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit symbolism of stones books Netsoho Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 This duality is one of the essential features of the whole ceremony. No bachelor may perform the stone-dragging feast. For, just as the larger stone represents ..
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Netsoho 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit singing and dancing, the stone draggers return to village books Netsoho Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The ceremony was over. Netsoho uttered a long drawn out shout of joy, and the whole crowd took it up. Spears were tossed ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit cerebrations all night books Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 There were few in the village who slept that night. Rice-beer flowed freely, and until early morning the fires threw great pools of light into the darkness. Next R90560 ..
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Netsoho 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit house-horns to adorn Netsoho's house books Netsoho Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 It was not many days before a pair of newly carved house-horns adorned Netsoho's house, revealing to all the world that he had performed the ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit megalithic monuments numerous in Angami villages books Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Hundreds and thousands of megalithic monuments such as those Netsoho erected are scattered over the Angami country, most of them lining the ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit feasts of merit and setting up stones as prestigous books Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Most menhirs stand in pairs or in long double rows. Wealthy men have set them up to commemorate their fame and generosity, and to enhance in a ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit Angami beliefs of connection between stones and souls of the dead books Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 There is a subtle connection between a man and a stone erected either by himself or after his death by his heirs. While he is ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit Angami graves and tallies for the deeds of the dead books Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 For the some reason the dead are buried within the village or by the side of the village paths. The graves are often built in the shape of low ..
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Mills 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit return to Kohima, June 1936, learning Assamese books Mills Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 We returned to Kohima after a fortnight's tour. Mills had counted the houses of several villages and settled numerous quarrels, and I had..
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Nlamo Mills 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit preparing for fieldwork - learning Assamese books Nlamo Mills Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Once again Mills came to the rescue. He found Nlamo, a young Lhota Naga, to teach me Assamese. Nlamo was about twenty years old ..
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Nlamo 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit description of fate of Nlamo the interpreter books Nlamo Angami Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Nlamo stayed with me until I left the Naga Hills and accompanied me on all my tours as interpreter and factotum. His faithful service found..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Khonoma Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit a visit to Khonoma; Khonoma's influence books Angami Khonoma Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 With Nlamo's help I began questioning old Angami men about their customs, and together we went to some of the neighbouring villages. Perhaps..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Khonoma Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit description of Khonoma fortress books Angami Khonoma Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Khonoma stands on the crest of a ridge, a natural fortress; on all sides the slopes fall away steeply. Stone steps lead up the hill to the gateway ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Khonoma Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit the Khonoma Feasts of Merit books Angami Khonoma Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The headmen of Khonoma gave me the most friendly reception and I spent hours photographing stone circles, discussing the complicated series of Feasts of..
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Johnstone Col. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Khonoma Kohima Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit a rebellion in Khonoma in 1879 books Johnstone Col. Angami Khonoma Kohima Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 In 1879 a rebellion started by Khonoma swept over the whole Angami country and the Europeans in Kohima ..
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Pawsey C.R. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Two. Feasts Of Merit the siege of Kohima in 1944 books Pawsey C.R. Angami 1944-01-01:1944-12-31 Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 How different was the siege of 1944. Both sides were then armed with modern weapons. Once again the defenders of Kohima ..
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Mills J.P. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Dimapur Chapter Three. An Orgy in Stone description of ruined gate at Dimapur books Mills J.P. Dimapur Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 (25) Swarms of shrieking parrots flew off low boughs as Mills and I approached the clearing. Their jerking flight aimed at ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Dimapur Dhansiri R. Chapter Three. An Orgy in Stone ruined city of Dimapur books Dimapur Dhansiri R. Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 A little way off rose the red brick ruins of a powerful gateway. The reliefs on the withered facades still spared by time showed the ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Dimapur Chapter Three. An Orgy in Stone ruins of Dimapur books Dimapur Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 We passed through the arch of the gateway and found ourselves once more under high trees. No ruined wall bears testimony to the palace of the King who once received ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Dimapur Chapter Three. An Orgy in Stone fertility feasts and memorials at Dimapur books Dimapur Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 As the jungle thinned, the path opened out on to a large space, where well over fifty gigantic stone monuments stood against an orange evening..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Tanhai Chapter Three. An Orgy in Stone bloodthirsty relations between Nagas and plainsmen; Kacharis and Ahoms books Konyak Ahom Kachari Tanhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 During the sixteenth century the power of the Kachari kings was shattered by the attacks of the..
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Mills J.P. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Simaluguri Chapter Three. An Orgy in Stone journey from Manipur Road to Simaluguri by train books Mills J.P. Simaluguri Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The ruins of Dimapur lie quite near the railway station of Manipur Road, and from there Mills and I took a ..
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Castles G. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Borjan Colliery Chapter Three. An Orgy in Stone by narrow gauge railway to edge of Konyak country books Castles G. Borjan Colliery Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 A narrow-gauge railway connected Simaluguri with Naginimara, and from there it was only four ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Four. Above the Clouds description of thick mountain forest slopes books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 (30) Thin mist filled the forest, and the trunks of huge creeper-clad trees rose steep and straight to their first spreading branches, and heavy drops..
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Shankok 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds first encounter with Konyaks from Wakching, including Shankok books Shankok Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 We were already high up -- certainly well over 4,000 feet -- and there was still no trace of the ..
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Mills J.P. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Four. Above the Clouds offer of bitter tea books Mills J.P. Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The men from Wakching offered us tea; it tasted dreadfully bitter. But this was not really surprising, for the leaves had been boiling in water for a ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Four. Above the Clouds description of ordinary clothing of Konyaks, nakedness books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The Konyaks reached up to somewhere near Mills' shoulder, but their slim bodies were so beautifully proportioned that, living alone among ..
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Mills J.P. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds arrival at Wakching in thick fog; warned not to enter unadministered territory books Mills J.P. Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 When we arrived at Wakching a teasing fog blotted out all vision. We were ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds magnificent views from inspection bungalow books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 From the other side of the bungalow I looked over the broad valley of the Brahmaputra to the foothills of the Himalayas. On clear ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds mist books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 When I woke up on the morning after our arrival, it seemed as though we were on an island, or rather on one of the many islands of an archipelago; for a white sea of fog ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds walking up through corpse platforms, effigies, skulls and coffins books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The gaonbura came to the bungalow after breakfast, and went with us up to the village. A steep path led ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds village granaries; lovers' sleeping places; beliefs concerning magic of fertility books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Leaving the corpse-platforms, we passed through the narrow street of the village granaries, ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds gangway and lookout-tree books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 At the entrance of the village proper a mighty banyan tree stretched in a wide bow over the path, its aerial roots grown anew into the ground, forming ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds front of morung and description of morung carvings books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The men's house or morung appeared, with its open front, like the wide-open mouth of some gigantic whale; numerous carved ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds further description of morung carvings books Fantastic carvings adorned the open porch of the morung the head and tusks of an elephant, a life-sized leopard running head downwards, and two warriors, holding captured heads in their hands,..
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Mills 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds people working on porch of morung books Mills Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 A few men sat about on the open porch, plaiting baskets and mending their fishing-nets. I suppose you would get used to rubbing ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds money replacing barter; matches and umbrellas; the collection of artefacts books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 One of the men had a pretty box, carved in the shape of a human head, and Mills bought it for one ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds the Konyak houses, a comfortable feeling books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The Konyaks, however, are not so particular. They do not in the least mind getting wet, for unlike the Angami, they seldom wear clothes..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds gardens, pigs as garbage collectors books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 These carefully fenced in little gardens are almost the only places where one is quite safe from the innumerable black pigs. With their ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds two hundred and fifty houses in Wakching, winding paths; payment of tribute books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Narrow paths thread the thicket growing rank on all ground not cleared for building; an abandoned ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds strangers with fantastic head-dresses and tattoos books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 When we returned to the bungalow after a whole morning's visiting the village, we found it surrounded by a strange crowd, ..
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Mills J.P. 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds description of the chief of Sheangha; monkey skull head-dress chiefs from unadministered territory bring cases to Mills books Mills J.P. Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 One man, with a head-dress of a ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds autocratic position of Naga Angs books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The appearance of the chief of Sheangha, and the deference with which his followers and even the Wakching men treated him, were quite different..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Four. Above the Clouds gift of goat and appreciation of cigarettes books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The Ang of Sheangha brought Mills a goat as a gift of welcome, and Mills entertained him and his suite with a few cups of rum. I ..
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