The Nagas

Shoupa 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland new furniture and ornaments books Shoupa Konyaks Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 In the houses of the wealthier people I noticed the appearance of some new items of furniture and equipment. Shoupa ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland effects of educational changes books Konyaks Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 A more fundamental change is likely to be brought about by the educational institutions established in Wakching. The village had not ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland problems of schooling and learning English books Konyaks Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 The medium of instruction was English, but the pupils' level of comprehension of the language was low, and this accounted ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Wanching Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland visit to Wanching; new church good morung carvings books Konyaks Wanching Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 On the following day we drove to the neighbouring village of Wanching, which was now also accessible by jeep. ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland maintenance and decay of morungs books Konyaks Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 In Wakching too the morung had all been maintained, and two which had been destroyed in a recent fire had been rebuilt according to ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland village government and councils books Konyaks Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 In accordance with the administrative system common to all parts of Nagaland, each village has a village council which consists of the nominees of the ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland political contests and new governmental structures books Konyaks Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 The whole idea of elections and indirect representation on bodies representing relatively large areas is novel to ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland enormous political changes; head hunting books Konyaks Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 The change of attitudes involved in all these new alignments is profound. Only those who have experienced traditional Naga society can ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland internal village loyalties decrease, but some rituals maintained books Konyaks Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 With the possibility of advancement in the world beyond the confines of his village a man's interest..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland tribute payments and exogamy books Konyaks Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Yet, unlike some of the smaller Konyak villages, Wakching has retained the basic framework of its social structure, and there is exogamy..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland tribute payments in cash books Konyaks Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Some of the dependent villages have begun to make the payments in cash, but the Wakching men are not happy with this innovation because they..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland tenacity of customs despite Christianity books Konyaks Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 While in smaller villages the introduction of Christianity has led to the abandonment of many social customs and even such ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland daily routine of life in Wakching and other villages little changed books Konyaks Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Despite the changes in political outlook and religious belief and practice, the daily routine of ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland pressure on land and growing food shortages, population pressure books Konyaks Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 It would be misleading, however, to generalize from this one example. Villages such as Wakching are ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland no surplus from farming for buying goods; wage labour books Konyaks Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Agriculture as it is practised at present does not yield a surplus which could be used to pay for the many manufactured goods ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland difficulties in the future if government money ends books Konyaks Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 In the future, however, the inflow of funds provided by the central government may decrease, and the Nagas, who have got accustomed..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland problems of literacy and education; numbers of schools books Konyaks Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Closely linked with the prospects for economic development is the problem of education. In this field enormous progress has been..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland relations of Christian missions to education books Konyaks Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 In the minds of most Konyaks, education is associated with Christianity, and indeed there are few educated Nagas who have not been brought..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland abandonment of old tribal religion and ritual to Christianity books Konyaks Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Today there are many Konyak communities which have totally abandoned their old tribal religion, and have embraced ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland resistance to Christianity by the old autocrats; the new powerful Christian officials books Konyaks Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 It is mainly in the villages traditionally ruled by autocratic chiefs that there is still some ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland views on whether times were improving books Konyaks Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 In the course of my stay in Wakching I asked many of my old friends whether they thought that during the past thirty years or ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Wakching Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland belief that Nagas were being corrupted from outside; drink; high wages books Konyaks Wakching Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Most surprising, perhaps, was the reaction of one Wakching man who had blatantly profited from..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland a rise in the standard of living books Konyaks Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Objectively, however, the standard of living had clearly risen, and I only wondered whether this rise brought about by the massive injection of public..
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Henlong Shikna Shoupa Shongna 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland some sentimental visits in Wakching books Henlong Shikna Shoupa Shongna Konyaks Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 My last day in Wakching was devoted to several sentimental visits. Henlong and her ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Wakching Lipung Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland farewell to Wakching and to Shankok's sister books Konyaks Wakching Lipung Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 The most emotional farewell was that from Shankok's sister Lipung. She sang for me a solo song, such as ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Longkhai Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland visit to Longkhai, much destroyed books Konyaks Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Another emotional experience, however, was still in store for (257) me. On the drive to Mon I made a detour to Longkhai,the village..
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Ngapnun Mauwang Likau of Longkhai 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Longkhai Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland meeting with widow of Ang of Longkhai; death of Ngapnun books Ngapnun Mauwang Likau of Longkhai Konyaks Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 In the porch of the Ang's house we found ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Longkhai Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland reasons for change in Longkhai - Christianity books Konyaks Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 There are various reasons for the change of atmosphere in Longkhai, a change much more noticeable than in Wakching. (..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Longkhai Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland underground resistance and destruction of Longkhai books Konyaks Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Another reason for the transformation of Longkhai was the fact that at the height of the struggle between the ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Longkhai Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland departure in sadness, old friends dead books Konyaks Longkhai Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 The gaonbura who had welcomed me had still a head-hunter's face tattoo, and he said that only after the ritual bringing-in of ..
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Ahon Henphong of Shiong 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Shiong Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland visit to Shiong, much modernization books Ahon Henphong of Shiong Konyaks Shiong Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Another familiar village where modernization had made further progress than in ..
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Henphong of Shiong Chingwang of Shiong 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Shiong Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland looking at old photographs, new dress and customs books Henphong of Shiong Chingwang of Shiong Konyaks Shiong Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 The entire village had embraced ..
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Chingwang of Shiong Henphong of Shiong 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Shiong Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland numbers of officers and government employees books Chingwang of Shiong Henphong of Shiong Konyaks Shiong Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 The population of Shiong was then 637, and of ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Chingwang of Shiong Shoupa of Wakching Kikon Lhota Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland meeting with a Naga minister books Konyaks Chingwang of Shiong Shoupa of Wakching Kikon Lhota Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 On my return to the district headquarters I heard ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland a radio recorded interview books Konyaks Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 The next morning a team from All-India Radio recorded a discussion between the minister and myself, and I could not help marvelling at the speed of changes ..
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Chingwang of Shiong 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland salute of guard of honour books Chingwang of Shiong Konyaks Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Nothing could have illustrated the change in Nagaland better than the scene when Chingwang took the salute of a guard..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland visit to the Apa Tanis books Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Shortly afterwards I regretfully left Nagaland to spend a few days among the Apa Tanis' of the North East Frontier Agency, now known as Arunachal Pradesh. A detailed ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland massive outside aid and rise in consumerism books Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 In both areas the massive injection of public funds had led to a rapid development of communications and education, and the prevention of raiding ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland differences between Nagas and Apa Tanis books Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 There is a further difference between the two populations. Among the Konyak Nagas most of the traditional leaders, and particularly the hereditary ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland effects of Christianity on old customs books Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Another factor furthering fundamental changes in the social pattern of Nagaland is the spread of Christianity which has undermined many old institutions..
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Elwin Verrier Nehru 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland influence of Verrier Elwin's principles on tribal development books Elwin Verrier Nehru Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 In my opinion the stability and smooth development of what used to be the North East ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland future dangers in rise of demand and shortage of jobs books Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Both in Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh there may, however, be the danger that educational progress and with it the unbridled growth of ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland advice about education books Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 In both areas it would be wise to direct education mainly to fields relevant to the development of local resources. However desirable a high standard of education may ..
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1970-01-01:1970-12-31 Chapter Twenty-seven. Return to Nagaland hopes for the Naga future books Furer-Haimendorf 1970-01-01:1970-12-31 The sympathetic observer captivated by the charm, good humour and resilience of the Nagas in a changing world, can only hope that they and their elected leaders will..
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