The Nagas

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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites return to Wakching books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Then the warriors all go dancing to the house of the chief, but my Wakching friends are anxious to leave. The people in their village wait eagerly ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites head-hunting dance in Wakching books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 (168) Excitement stirs in the procession as we climb the stone steps. There are large crowds on the resting-place before the village ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Tamlu Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites rituals associated with head taking books Konyak Wakching Tamlu Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 These words are believed to compel the souls of the dead to call their relatives, and thus give the Wakching people the ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites dancing and massive rituals of head-taking described books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The men of each morung dance for a while on the great place outside the chief's house, and then they go to their ..
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Thepong morung Wakching Chinyang of Wakching 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites further rituals of head-taking books Thepong morung Wakching Chinyang of Wakching Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Night has fallen, and the elders of the Thepong..
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Oukheang morung Wakching Yongem of Wakching 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites a piece of skull for Oukheang morung books Oukheang morung Wakching Yongem of Wakching Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 After so many nights in different camps, it..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites starting to prepare for dance books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Life begins to stir in the village. It is taboo to work on the fields today, and after dancing through most of the night, the young people..
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Bala morung Wakching 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites face-painting of boys before dance to receive heads books Bala morung Wakching Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 In front of the Bala morung the young boys are helping each other to put ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites shaving of men's heads before head dance; colour symbolism books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The men shave each other's heads, first wetting the hair with a little cold water to soften it for the razor;..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites head-receiving dance at Wakching and processions books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The joyous spirit has also taken hold of the women, and although they will only be spectators of the day's dance, they ..
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Shankok Yonglong of Wakching Thepong morung Wakching 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites further processions and dancing books Shankok Yonglong of Wakching Thepong morung Wakching Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The sun stands high in the sky..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites the great head-hunting dance described in detail books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 It is not until late in the afternoon that the great head-hunting dance begins, when every member of the morung, from ..
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Shankok 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites Shankok's rich ornaments worn for head dance books Shankok Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Shankok stands out from all the other young men of the village. There is none who can compare with the ..
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Chinyang of Wakching 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites concentric circles of dancers in head dance books Chinyang of Wakching Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Even the smallest boys, as yet too young to live in the morung, are all dressed up..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites further head-hunting dances in the future books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Today's ceremonies by no means end the head-hunting feast. The trophies must be hung in carrying-baskets adorned with palm-..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites preparations for later dances, ceremonial costumes books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The weeks before this final feast are full of preparations. In threes and fours the young men visit the neighbouring ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites functions of head-hunting and effects of stopping it books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Thus the bringing in of a head not only furthers in a magical way the fertility of the village, but also in a more ..
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Shankok 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites decision to tour other villages to see head-hunting ceremonies books Shankok Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The feasts in Wakching are not the only head-hunting ceremonies I witness. Messengers ..
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Mauwang of Longkhai 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Longkhai Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites being entertained by Ang of Longkhai books Mauwang of Longkhai Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Once more I am in Longkhai. The light of the flickering fire plays on brown figures, ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Longkhai Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites telling the story of the Pangsha raid; Nagas horrified by slave-taking books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Now is the time to speak, and with serious faces the men listen to my account of the march ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Longkhai Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites dancing at night books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Suddenly comes the sound of music. What is that song out there in the night? Stepping into the open, I see the young men of the village approaching ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Longkhai Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites Haimendorf joins in dance to celebrate head-hunting books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 "Friend, you must dance too," he urges me. "You have brought us the head. We are singing of the defeat of your ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Longkhai Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites dancing and singing in Longkhai books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The dance is not difficult. A simple sequence of steps, endlessly repeated, but the dancers bend their knees on every beat and raise ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Longkhai Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites girls chewing leaves as they dance books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The girls have prepared small parcels of pan leaves to chew, and they press them into the hands of their friends as they dance I too ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Hungphoi Wangla Oting Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites to Hungphoi, Wangla and Oting for head-hunting dances books Konyak Hungphoi Wangla Oting Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 From Longkhai I go to Hungphoi, Wangla, and Oting, and wherever I arrive with the pieces..
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Chingai 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Hungphoi Chapter Twenty-one. Head-Hunting Rites ancient language of Konyak songs difficult to interpret books Chingai Konyak Hungphoi Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 During the feasts it is not always easy to distinguish between the traditional songs from ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry do natives think and feel like western people ? books Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 (179) To record ceremonies and ritual, to discover the basic elements of a tribe's social structure, and to learn of myths and religious beliefs, is..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry breaking the barrier with Konyaks; fieldwork books Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 This was exactly what happened in Wakching. The gaonbura were only too pleased to tell me of their customs -- all rather ..
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Shankok Shouba 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry fondness for informant Shankok books Shankok Shouba Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Of all the men of Wakching, I am fondest of Shankok, the son of the late Shouba. Often I go with him to the ..
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Shankok Shouba Shikna Shonga Thepong morung Wakching Bala morung Wakching 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry Shankok and his life history books Shankok Shouba Shikna Shonga Thepong morung Wakching Bala morung Wakching Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-..
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Shankok Shouba Shikna Henlong Shonga 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry marriage and love affairs of Shankok books Shankok Shouba Shikna Henlong Shonga Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 By this time Shankok had grown to manhood, and thus nothing ..
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Shankok Shikna Shouba 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry marital problems of Shankok continued books Shankok Shikna Shouba Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 There was only one way out of the situation. He would have to divorce his wife, richly ..
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Shankok 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chingtang Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry Shankok's character and humour and fancy for girls books Shankok Konyak Chingtang Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 In spite of all these troubles, Shankok retains his good humour, and I am often astounded how quickly ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chingtang Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry sexual affairs between boys and girls books Konyak Chingtang Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 He shows me the room in the chief's house where the girls sleep, each in her own tiny compartment, each on her own small bench, ..
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Thepong morung Wakching 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chingtang Wakching Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry sexual affairs and rights; payment of tribute for protection books Thepong morung Wakching Konyak Chingtang Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The next morning, Shankok tells me with ..
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Shankok Shikna 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry Shankok's miserable love affair books Shankok Shikna Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Several weeks latter Shankok appears in the evening, his face full of despair. I understand at once what has ..
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Shankok 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry erotic dreams despite sexual freedom books Shankok Konyak Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Considering the sexual freedom among the unmarried and even the young married couples, you would think that no Konyak ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry sexual etiquette and strict morality despite freedom books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 We would of course, be quite wrong to assume that because the Konyaks set no value on virginity and are indifferent to the amorous ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry sexual conversational etiquette books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Between men and women of intermarrying clans or morung, there prevails on the other hand the fullest freedom to "talk sex" and jokes with which the young ..
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Shankok 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry joking relationships, flirting; forbidden sexual partners; incest books Shankok Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 For a young Konyak the girls of his village fall within two classes: potential mates with whom he may flirt..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry difficulties of language and translation and variations books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Poems and song give us often a clearer insight into a people's soul than the most lengthy discussions, and in the poetry of the ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry knowledge of very difficult language superficial books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Though I recorded the outline of a grammar and a vocabulary of the dialect spoken in Wakching as well as a great number of texts, my ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry importance of songs in Naga culture books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Yet songs are the principle and recognized medium through which the individual as well as the group express their most intense emotions. At an early age ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry a Naga song books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Our girl friends The red berries of the ben tree Many berries on the branches. Porcupine and hedgehog Come to eat the berries. From the Dikhu valley, from the far-off land,..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry courtship song between boys and girls books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Once the boys are in the dormitory and sit in the bamboo benches by a pleasant fire, their arms round the waists of their girl friends, the songs ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry analysis of love songs books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 But many of the boys who paint so dull a picture of married life are themselves married, though they may still go their own way, and in the second of the songs a girl..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry songs about daily life books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Another type of song hummed by the boys as they sit round the fires in their morung and play on their single-stringed bamboo fiddles, or return with the girls from ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry absence of working chants books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 A curious gap in the range of Konyak songs is the absence of working chants. Nagas of most other tribes sing at work on the fields or when carrying loads, and in ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry dance songs or chants books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Very different from songs sung by individuals or small groups of boys or girls in the intimate atmosphere of a peaceful evening in a mens' house or girls' dormitory, ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry example of song by Oukheang morung books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Thus the men of the Oukheang morung of Wakching, whose claim that their morung is the oldest in the village seems not without foundation, sing the praise ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry analysis of Konyak songs and tales books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 In this song we find a trait typical of most Konyak poetry: tales are not described but only alluded to. The song is not designed to inform the listeners,..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Wanching Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry implicit taunt songs books Konyak Wakching Wanching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 While in this taunting song the event singled out for ridicule described in broad outline, there are other songs which allude to the..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Wakching Wanching Chapter Twenty-two. Love and Poetry story illustrating tricks played on rivals books Konyak Wakching Wanching Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 "Once upon a time the Wanching men inquired from the Wakching people how they should set about cutting their ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Longkhai Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival personal decorations brought out before the dance books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 (197) The platform of the chief's house is filled with a merrily chattering crowd of women and girls, and in the ..
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Mauwang of Longkhai 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Longkhai Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival Mauwang's wife dresses Longkhai girls for dance books Mauwang of Longkhai Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Now the Ang's wife turns her attention to the toilette of the young girls. ..
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Ngapnun of Longkhai 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Longkhai Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival the character of Ngapnun; dressing for dance books Ngapnun of Longkhai Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Among the girls is Ngapnun. I recognize her at once, for the last time I was in ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Longkhai Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival further description of Ngapnun dressing for a dance books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 At last the long brown hair is ready, the parting made, and the hair plastered down with water, and now Ngapnun ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Longkhai Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival dance by girls at Spring festival books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 No prima donna could take longer over her toilette than these girls, and it is already past midday when they begin to dance on the ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Longkhai Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival men dressing for the dance books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 You might well imagine that the youths of the village would be here, forming an enthusiastic audience round the dance platform, but there ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Longkhai Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival procession of men to the dance books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 At last comes the moment when the men, whirling their spears and dao as though setting out on the war-path, rush through the village ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Longkhai Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival singing and dancing of men in procession in Spring Festival books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Singing and dancing, the crowd of men leave the morung at the farthest end of the village and pass along ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Longkhai Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival rituals and sacrifice during the Spring festival; the god Gawang books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 (200) Suddenly all is quiet. The individual groups break up, the girls stop their dance, and the men..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Longkhai Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival secret of the rite at the Spring festival books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 It was months before I could induce a man to confide the secret of this rite. Its theme is also the fertility of the fields..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Longkhai Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival feasting at the Spring festival books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 The solemn ritual of the feast is now over, and the girls entertain the boys in the chief's house. For days they have pounded rice ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Longkhai Chapter Twenty-three. The Spring Festival the end of the Spring festival, retiring to bed books Konyak Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 I go out into the night, glad of the cool air after the stuffiness of crowded chief's house. A full moon sails in the..
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Wanching 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond storm in Wanching books Wanching Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Hardly have I gone to sleep when there is a terrible clap of thunder and I am awake again. The calm of the evening has given way to turmoil. Violent ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond attitudes to supernatural books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 What is the Konyak's idea of the natural phenomena that sometimes threaten his life and his property? Is he the 'primitive man' who lives in constant and vague ..
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Dzeamang 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond ethical rules enforced by Gods books Dzeamang Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Gawang watches over the numerous taboos and sees that they are observed. When once I ask Dzeamang, a young man of Ang clan, whether during..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond prayers to gods books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 It is not only during feasts and ceremonies that the Konyak invokes Gawang. Often in the course of his daily life he will murmur a prayer to the sky god. When he begins to..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond other spirits and illness books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Compared to Gawang, the spirits of the earth, the wood, and the rivers are not very important. They may be malignant towards man, and they must therefore be ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond were-tigers books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Sometimes ordinary mortals see the spirits of the wood or the water as they slip by, but only men particularly endowed can see Gawang in their dreams. There are not many ..
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Lemang of Kongan Apong of Wanching 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Yungya Wanching Dikhu R. Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond Lemang the were-tiger books Lemang of Kongan Apong of Wanching Konyak Yungya Wanching Dikhu R. Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Among the Nagas this is a well-known ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond scepticism about were-tigers books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 When I asked whether the seers really wander about as tigers at night, he answered excitedly: "How can a man become a tiger? Man is of man's clan, tiger of ..
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Limnia of Wakching Shankok 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond employing a soothsayer books Limnia of Wakching Shankok Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 A few months before I am to leave Wakching, I decide to employ the services of the soothsayer Limnia to learn ..
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Limnia of Wakching 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond dream-life and trance of soothsayer books Limnia of Wakching Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 I ask her about her experiences in her dream-life, and she answers me with clear and short sentences; her manner ..
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Limnia of Wakching 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond visit by soothsayer to the Land of the Dead books Limnia of Wakching Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 visit by soothsayer to the land of the dead The following night Limnia goes to the Land of the Dead, to ..
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Chinyang 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond relaxed attitude to death, and the land of the dead books Chinyang Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Often I am surprised by the equanimity with which the Konyak views his own entrance into the Land of the Dead. As ..
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Limnia of Wakching 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond soothsayer promises to do dreaming seance books Limnia of Wakching Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Limnia promises to dream for me tonight, but now she says we should leave her alone. Tomorrow morning she ..
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Limnia of Wakching Shankok 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-four. The World Beyond soothsayers tale books Limnia of Wakching Shankok Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 In the shape of her tiger, she searched for the path to my land, and roamed about in the jungle for a long time ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-five. Farewell description of artefacts collected by Haimendorf books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 (210) The veranda of my bungalow is covered with the specimens of my collection: spears and dao from Wakching, Longkhai, Chingmei, and various ..
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Chinkak of Wakching Mauwang of Longkhai 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-five. Farewell favourite artefacts and dangerous artefacts books Chinkak of Wakching Mauwang of Longkhai Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 I cannot help my eyes falling also on those objects which I feel now I ..
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Chinkak of Wakching 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-five. Farewell further dangers of carving forbidden objects books Chinkak of Wakching Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 These two experiences should have put me wise, and warned me against persuading a man to carve objects linked ..
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1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-five. Farewell parting from the village and the Konyaks books Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Men from three villages have gathered to carry my luggage and the objects of my collection down to Borjan, for it is only there that I shall be able to ..
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Shankok 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Chapter Twenty-five. Farewell parting from Shankok ; the happiest year of Haimendorf's life books Shankok Konyak Furer-Haimendorf 1936-06-01:1937-06-31 Shankok goes with me through the high forest where so often we shot green pigeons. We both have only one thought: ..
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