The Nagas

..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wanching origins of villages notes Konyak Wanching 1936-08-25:..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wanching clan and descent of Angs notes Konyak Wanching 1936-08-25:..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London In front of the Ang's house is a tree on which in the old times the heads were put...
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wanching the descent of Wanching Angs notes Konyak Wanching 1936-08-25:..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wanching clothing and decorations of Apong's wife notes Konyak Wanching 1936-08-25:..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wanching the Moi-wom-bu ritual notes Konyak Wanching 1936-08-25:..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wanching morungs and inter-marriage and eating together notes Konyak Wanching 1936-08-25:..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1937-05-05 Wakching School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. The corpse when found is wrapped up in jungle leaves and carried to the village and left outside of his house... and also people who died of leprosy are disposed of in..
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. Bala and Totang YOWEI (of Shang-long-hu clan and Bala morung), when he dies his son becomes Neangba... Bala and Totang YOWEI (of Shang-long-hu clan and Bala morung), when he ..
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wakching divorce notes Konyak Wakching 1936-09-01:..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wakching pre-marital sex and pregnancy and paternity notes Konyak Wakching 1936-09-01:..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London If in the old times a young man and an unmarried girl had intercourse and the..
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. And after that the drumming of drums is allowed again and the above mentioned genna raised... The Ang and the Neang-bas and their assistants (who belong to the family of the ..
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..1937-05-05 Wanching School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. the Bala morung of Wakching and Nian. Nian - gives fish and 2 big baskets from each of the 3 morungs...
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. Once in seven years the Balang men of Wakching go and cultivate a field of one man of the family,.. Of Wakching only the Bala morungs come to dance (with the three morungs). Of..
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. Chinglong and Nian and Tangsa come too. When the Ang dies the Ang of Chui comes with some of his men...
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wanching marriage of Angs,..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. When he married a girl of his own village he takes her to his house as soon as the marriage price is paid and her legs are tattooed...
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wanching disposal of body of dead engaged girl notes Konyak Wanching 1936-09-11:..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wanching incest notes Konyak Wanching 1936-09-11:..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Kamahu Kamahu morungs notes Konyak Kamahu 1936-10-30:..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London (45) Yungnya morungs Tangha-ban Pham-dzong Shem-dzi Yong-dzong Uman Pham-dzong and Uman dance together,..
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Tangsa Tangsa morungs notes Konyak Tangsa 1936-10-30:..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Chingtang (Chintang) Chingtang morungs notes Konyak Chingtang (Chintang) 1937-03-29:..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London notes 1937-03-29:..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. In the next room are the women and the children and [they] make a continual noise...
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. Those who don't marry Angs of other villages marry Ang men of other morungs of Totok... Those who don't marry Angs of other villages marry Ang men of other morungs of Totok...
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. The coffins of Ang-wan-bu people (men and women) have four and three carved ends - the men of the "Great houses" of the clan have four... The coffins of Ang-wan-bu people (men ..
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. The parents of the smaller girls give shares of pork to the dormitory on the third day of the Oulingbu and the Dzing-shi men come and eat them... The parents of the smaller ..
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. The men of Ang-wan-hu clan have carved hornbills on their house posts in the centre of the house...
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wanching cotton notes Konyak Wanching 1937-05-03:..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. The women of Dzing-shiu and Pandzong don't wear them... The women of Dzing-shiu and Pandzong don't wear them...
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. for his wife's younger sister (who is of Lenok clan) is the wife of Ponyong,..
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. and a third (65) bamboo is put up in front of the morung Ang of Pandzong,.. and a third (65) bamboo is put up in front of the morung Ang of Pandzong,..
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. one in the Ang's house for the girls of Wanghimlim and Wanghulim,.. but the boys of the two Ang clans stay with the girls of the opposite clan...
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. At the time of the wedding the bridegroom gives one big pig and one basket of madhu,.. At the time of the wedding the bridegroom gives one big pig and one basket of madhu,..
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..1937-05-05 Chingphoi School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London notes Next history of family of Ang of Chingphoi Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 84 history of family of Ang of Chingphoi notes Shumwang of Chingphoi Konyak Chingphoi 1937-05-04:..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and ..
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..1937-05-05 Wanching School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London notes Next history of Angs of Wanching; incest Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 84 history of Angs of Wanching;..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1937-05-05 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. Totang and Bala assemble in the Balang and offer some madhu at the main-post of the Balang morung,.. Totang and Bala assemble in the Balang and offer some madhu at the main-..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. When the jungle is cut down for a new field the owner goes to this stone and kills a chicken or a pig and sprinkles the blood on the stones and sees from the liver of the ..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London (4) Moniuliu (moni = ou-ling-bu) Moha-liu (moha is a small feast for the crops.) Moigam-liu (Moi-gam - the puja the morungs make for the crops - some young rice plants and..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Tamlu names of months notes Konyak Tamlu 1936-08-28:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. They can't give the name of the present months.) Next R70357 R70357 Previous R70355 R70355 notes Next names of ..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London _______Ao___________________Konyak _(Yimkulamshi)__________ Ching diu ching pei (T) performed at the times of epidemics,..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London (6) The oldest man of the morung is bang-ba...
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Tamlu building of water pipes or springs notes Konyak Tamlu 1936-08-28:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London (9) Ghagam - is a ceremony in Moniuliu on the second day after the end of Moni...
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. only the morung boys make bull-roarers of bamboo and swing them... In Wakching the boys catch a crab and hang it just above the surface of the water...
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wakching spirits and after life notes Konyak Wakching 1936-08-29:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1936-10-26 Wakching School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London notes Next Ceremony and the building of a log-drum...1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. When they arrive in the village (18) they put the drum at the place in front of the morung (not yet into the..
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..1936-10-26 Wakching School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London notes Next work and gifts to the Ang Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 84 work and gifts to the Ang notes Chinkak Konyak Wakching 1936-08-30:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. Even now the ..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. They beat people of Wakching and killed a girl from Wanching (Wanshum of Pan-shong morung). Then the other Wakching morungs decided to drive the Bala people away from Wakching...
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wakching Ou-nie-bu and scarcity of mithan notes Konyak Wakching 1936-08-31:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Mon salt and salt mines,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London There is a salt mine near Mon and the cattle come there and spoils the path still more...
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. Then they bought the iron in bars and made the daos on one side of steel and on the other of soft iron... Then they bought the iron in bars and made the daos on one side of ..
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..1936-10-26 Wakching School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Ou-nie-bu - in the morning of the first day,..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wakching agricultural gennas in villages without rice notes Konyak Wakching 1936-08-31:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wakching origins of rice; the origins of wealth and illness notes Konyak Wakching 1936-08-31:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wakching story of daughter of God married to a mortal notes Konyak Wakching 1936-08-31:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. One day Ugamba watched his garden and saw a woman coming down from heaven and ..
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..1936-10-26 Wakching School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. Balang and Bala wear on the upper part of their ears the quills of porcupines painted red... Balang and Bala wear on the upper part of their ears the quills of ..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. Only chickens and ducks are killed and the blood sprinkled on the house posts and on the skulls of animals... then the meat is eaten and the leaves fastened at the house posts ..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wakching girls morung of Wakching notes Konyak Wakching 1936-09-02:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wakching ceremonies and head hunting notes Konyak Wakching 1936-09-02:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wakching tactics and organization of head hunting notes Konyak Wakching 1936-09-02:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wakching gifts for Ang notes Konyak Wakching 1936-09-04:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London At the actual beginning of the reaping the owner of the field kills a chicken near his field house...
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. Tanhai brings two loads of ropes Shiong brings one plaited side wall (a kind of strong mat) Chingtang brings "bag" Kongan brings salt (for 2 rupees) and "pan" leaves Chi brings..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London In the old times there was a log-drum in the Ang of Wakching's house...
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London (65) In Tamlu a man of the Ngo-nien-hu builds first his field house...
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. Dzeam-ang (Bala) Before a household begins the reaping of the rice the house-holder kills a chicken in front of the field house and brings it home,.. Dzeam-ang (Bala) Before a ..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wakching Wanching dance visits and exchanges between morungs in Wakching and Wanching notes Konyak Wakching Wanching 1936-09-04:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London The girls of the Bala morung go in ..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. Aukheang and Angban gave one post each and so did Balang... Aukheang and Angban gave one post each and so did Balang...
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wakching food taboos;..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. "What is the name of the child?" Children don't eat the meat of animals killed at certain gennas such as for illness and at funerals... "What is the name of the child?" ..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wakching food taboos notes Konyak Wakching 1936-09-05:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. When a man of the "small" Noklang clan makes a genna and kills a mithan he doesn't eat of the meat,.. When a man of the "small" Noklang clan makes a genna and kills a mithan he..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London (81) The husband of a pregnant woman does not:.. She doesn't work very hard and doesn't carry heavy loads - her husband does some of her work,..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London The "small" Noklang clan doesn't eat of a tiger's kill...
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Tamlu origins of clans notes Konyak Tamlu 1936-09-11:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. but when they came to Tamlu they became the "sons" of the other Noklang clan and took the name...
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. During the harvest every morning one man of each house of a morung goes to the field of one man of that morung and they carry home the dhan... (86) In the time of rice-harvest ..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wakching Totok Shiong war with Totok and history of feuds and ambushes notes Konyak Wakching Totok Shiong 1936-09-12:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. and the father and mother and children of Hi-ong ..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wakching war magic with eggs notes Konyak Wakching 1936-09-12:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wakching omen with egg notes Konyak Wakching 1936-09-12:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1936-10-26 Wakching School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. and while the young man (of Bala too) drags it along the path near the wood-houses they rushed out and speared the statue and the (94) cock... They cut off the head of..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. For stomach ache they take the bark of a tree called Dzui-bi and grind it and drink it with water... when the child begins to appear they apply a white dust which is found ..
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..1936-10-26 Tamlu School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London notes Next feasts of merit in Tamlu Furer-Haimendorf Previous Konyak 84 feasts of merit in Tamlu notes Pheni Konyak Tamlu 1936-09-14:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. The fourth day the women cook..
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..1936-10-26 Wakching School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. ban = to clean) "washer of illness". (108) In the case of Melo of Bala,.. ban = to clean) "washer of illness". (108) In the case of Melo of Bala,..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London (122) The marriage customs are different from those of Wakching,..
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..1936-10-26 Wakching School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. counter magic spells and rituals notes Melo of Wakching Konyak Wakching 1936-09-15:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Chi black magic and the making of magic notes Konyak Chi 1936-09-15:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London frogs and eclipses notes Konyak 1936-09-18:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London sexual rights of Angs notes Konyak 1936-09-18:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1936-10-26 Wakching School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. two old men of the husband's clan go to the bride's house and one of them carries 2 or 3 layas... In the meanwhile the relatives and girl friends of the bride assemble..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. Me-dzou Earthquake (min-wei) When a Great Ang dies and goes to Yimbu (the Land of the Dead) he cuts the big creepers which block his way,..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wakching dangerous spirits notes Konyak Wakching 1936-09-19:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wakching rights of women to wear porcupine quills in ears notes Konyak Wakching 1936-09-19:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Once a young Ahom king fled to Wakching and was adopted by one of Dzem-ang's (the Balang Ang's) ancestors...
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wakching morung feasts notes Konyak Wakching 1936-09-19:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London Wakching hiring fields notes Konyak Wakching 1936-09-19:..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. The owner of the land on which the sick man thinks to have attracted the (138) illness kills a cock and without cooking it he gives the head,..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. The chicken is eaten with some rice by the old men and all the (140) boys of the clan (for a son) and all the girls (for a daughter), who come to eat it in the house. The ..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,.. the child is given to the father (if the latter is married his wife may even suckle it). The father gives usually one laya to the parents of the girl and he may also pay them ..
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..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library,..1936-10-26 School of Oriental and African Studies Library, London When two people of the same clan commit incest,..
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