The Nagas

1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection field gennas 'hemeo-kezab-ra' notes Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Hemeo-kezab-ra If the ground in a field cracks through drought or other causes, this genna must be performed, and also if a log left lying in the jhums sinks ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection field gennas 'huzam-kia' notes Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Huzam-kia Done for a slip in the jhums. Performed by tingkhupeo. A pig is offered to appease the hera who caused the slip and prevent it causing illness in the family..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection field gennas 'nei-ku-ra' notes Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Nei-ku-ra Performed if a dhan-stalk is found with 10 nodes or joints. Dhan must be carried in by an even number of men. Near village, the field-owner's family meet ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection field gennas 'ting-teo-go' notes Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Ting-teo-go (Laisong & Hangrum, Asalu use this only to get sun to ripen the harvest. Hangrum did this in the wet spring of '43 with great success, so Laisong ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection field gennas 'kaleo-da-ge-na' notes Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Another genna to stop rain: kaleo-da-ge-na It is performed by the tingkhupeo in the morning in front of the house of the representative of the village founder's ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection field gennas 'hazam kia-hera-teora' notes Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Hazam kia-hera-teora Performed if a field house catches fire; intended to recall the rice "which has run away in fear of the fire". Performed in the field,..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Laisong gennas laxity over gennas notes Laisong 1946-01-24:1946-01-24 Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Note: On 24.1.46 Laisong village performed the ceremony hapao-lia-na, making offerings similar to those at Heramui and calling ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection scented creeper worn as decoration notes Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Nam-nieng This scented creeper, whose leaves are worn as decoration by the young bucks because of its alleged attraction for the opposite sex, is often hung..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection gennas personal gennas concerning domestic animals notes Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Personal gennas If a goat gives birth or a sow farrows, 5 days genna is observed. The house is closed to strangers but not to fellow-..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection hunting rituals notes Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Hunting When a deer has been killed the carcase may not be cut up (though the throat may be cut if the deer is not quite dead) until someone who knows the formula has cut off ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection dangers of being well-known or famous notes Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Hamui (hamui-hera) The unusually well-known or famous or anyone liable to be talked about is apt to become weighed down or weakened by being mentioned by..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection luck stones notes Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Hga ("luck stones") The right kind of stone makes a nest for itself of grass, leaves and so on, and sits in it; when a man comes on a stone like this, he knows it is the real ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection gennas village genna concerning tiger kill notes Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Tigers If a tiger has taken a mithan or other animal, the owner may ask the tingkhupeo to proclaim a genna. The owner of the animal sits fasting ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Magulong (Maguilong) Asalu stone monuments notes Magulong (Maguilong) Asalu 1941-11-15:1941-11-15 Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Heramleo built by Maguilong men at Asalu Sketch-plan, measurements & photos taken 15.11.41. ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Hangrum Asalu death and funerals notes Hangrum Asalu Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Death, funerals and associated customs Hangrum village regularly observe a day's abstention from field work on the death of a blind person (1.8...
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Laisong funeral at Laisong notes Laisong 1942-10-15:1942-10-15 Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Funeral seen at Laisong, 15.10.42, 5.30pm. The man died at dawn. Many of the villagers were in the fields, so arrangements were made ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Asalu death in childbirth; apotia death notes Asalu Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Death in childbirth or through miscarriage is most unfortunate, and those dying so are very liable to become poltergeists or to haunt their ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Impoi women's grave ornaments notes Impoi 1943-01-01:1943-01-31 Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection They also put up near the grave (as for all men) a pole with carved edges and an affair at the top like nothing so much as Japanese ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection death during harvest genna notes 1942-10-19:1942-10-19 Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection A death while the crops are ripe and the harvest is being gathered entails a day's na called 'neo-sit-na. No fieldwork is done, nor work in ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection dreams notes Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection To dream of eating sugar or anything similar means the dreamer will have a cold in the head. To dream of being bitten by a snake or leech means the dreamer will suffer some injury. To ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Khangnam stones at Khangnam notes Khangnam 1946-01-11:1946-01-11 Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection A newly-erected line of stones near Khangnam, seen about 11.1.46; had two stones with smaller stones in front of them; these ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection charms and medicines notes Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Kapeo. For sprains, strains and aches the leaves of this bush, which is grown near most villages, are soaked in hot water and applied not to the spot, as a fomentation (..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection omens notes Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection The croaking of a certain small frog in a house is a sign that the house will soon be empty and is particularly unlucky if anyone in the house be ill, as it presages death. Vultures ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection beliefs with regard to animals - barking deer; Kamaileng - myth notes Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection The barking deer's blood and bite are both said to be bad. To account for the latter the following is told: Kamaileng had a ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection plant lore notes Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection The wild fig-tree (v. story of Kangiena) is said to be the "priest of the trees". The old men say it is not safe to eat too many of its fruits or to eat them too often, because ..
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1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection proverbs and sayings notes Graham Bower Ursula 1937-01-01:1946-12-31 private collection Thak-ga-mina thakteone paigamina paikivubane. Rice-not-child rice-to-eat wishes cloth-not-child cloth-good- one-wear-wishes The poor man's child has an appetite, the ..
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1935-01-01:1935-12-31 1936-01-01:1936-12-31 Frontier Tribes Relations with Tributary States and Frontier Affairs Margherita, Rangpang, Barduaria, Namsangia, Barmithunia Nagas reports 1935-01-01:1935-12-31 1936-01-01:1936-12-31 14. Triangulation survey operations were carried out in the Tikok and ..
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Dikeo Sakhalu of Puratomi Lambert Mr 1935-01-01:1935-12-31 1936-01-01:1936-12-31 Lakema Henima Puratomi Pangsha Yimpang Ponyo (Himbu) Saochu Yali Yacham Bhitar Namsang Joboka Sangnyu Hangka Frontier Tribes Relations with Tributary States and Frontier Affairs Naga Hills reports Dikeo Sakhalu of ..
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1936-01-01:1936-12-31 1937-01-01:1937-12-31 Frontier Tribes Relations with Tributary States and Frontier Affairs Nagas reports 1936-01-01:1936-12-31 1937-01-01:1937-12-31 7. The Rangpang, Tikok and Moklum Nagas continued the even tenor of their ways. There was a recrudescence of rail thefts from ..
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Dikeo 1936-01-01:1936-12-31 1937-01-01:1937-12-31 Pangsha Lakema Noko (Nokhu) Sanglao Totok Chi (Chui) Phesami Kesu Frontier Tribes Relations with Tributary States and Frontier Affairs Naga Hills reports Dikeo Kacha Sema Yimtsungrr Konyak Pangsha Lakema Noko (Nokhu) Sanglao Totok Chi (Chui) Phesami..
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1937-01-01:1937-12-31 1938-01-01:1938-12-31 Noko (Nakhu) Pesu Longmatrarre Frontier Tribes Relations with Tributary States and Frontier Affairs Nagas reports Noko (Nakhu) Pesu Longmatrarre 1937-01-01:1937-12-31 1938-01-01:1938-12-31 9. The Sarkari Nagas in the Lakhimpur Frontier Tract behaved well...
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Preface difficulty of impartiality books Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 In 1938, shortly after I had returned from a year's anthropological field research in the Naga Hills, I wrote an account of my experiences among the people whose lives I had shared and for whom I ..
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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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