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Felltnv of the Royal Anthropological Institute and Member of the Folklore Society PUBLISHED UNDER THE AUTHORITY OF THE GOVERNMENT OP EASTERN BENGAL AND ASSAM BY MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN'S STREET, LONDON 1911 Richard Clav and Sons, LuuTEn, BREAD STREET HILL, E.C., AND BUNGAY, SUFFOLK, DS M\ PREFACE I DESIRE to tender my sincere thanks to the President and Council of the Folklore Society for their courtesy in lending me the blocks from which the illustrations on pages 64, 120, 126, and 186 have been reproduced and in permitting me to make copious extracts from the paper on Head-hunting, published in FolMoo-e for June, 1909. I should also like to express my gratitude to Lieut.-Colonel J. Shakespear, CLE., D.S.O., Political Agent in Manipur, who read the manuscript through and made many valuable sug- gestions to me. The notes to which the initials J. S. are appended are by Colonel Shakespear, and form a remarkable addition to the book, the material for which was collected —without any idea of publication—ten years ago. T. C. HODSON. East London College, University of London. 88()D41 — CONTENTS SECTION I. PAGK - Habitat and Geographical Distribution 1 Appearance > 5 Physical and General Characteristics 6 Origin^~T~X 8 jyfinities -^ 17 Dress 21 Coiffure 27 Tattooing 30 Ornaments 31 Weapons 35 SECTION II. -DOMESTIC LIFE. ' Occupation ._ / 39 '" =cHouses and Villages . 41 — Furniture and Household Utensils and Implements .... 44 Manufactures 45 Agriculture 50 Crops 55 Hunting"7'~'X. ^® Fishing,,,-—t 58 Food and Drink 59 Games 62 SECTION III.—LAWS AND CUSTOMS. ^-^^^Tnternal Structure —|^^^ 70 C^^^Tribat OrganisaUoft -r"^ 80 <^^ Marriage__,.) 87 Adoption 98 inheritance 98 _-—taws Regarding Land 105 Other Laws . 106 Decision of Disputes 109 War 113 Head-hunting 115 viii CONTENTS SECTION IV.—RELIGION. _^,- —__^^ PAOB ,. Popular Beliefs >^ 123 C__ Origiif and'l^atiire of Deities 125 Creation 127 Natural Phenomena 128 Dreams and Omens 129" Treatment of Sickness 135 Ancestor Worship 138 Nature Worship . 138 Rites and Sacrifices 139 Priesthood -^_, 140/ iBirth Ceremonies .~\ 142 Naming Ceremonies 143 Toga Virilis 144 Marriage 145 Death Ceremonies 146 General Ideas About Death 158 The Future Life .... 160 Genna 164 Stone Monuments 186 SECTION v.—FOLK TALES 192 Appendix 199 Index 201 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1 Tangkhul Khullakpa's Cloth . Frontispiece 2 Map 3 Mao Nagas 4 The Maikel Stone .... 5 Marring Naga 6 Tangkhul Naga 7 Kabui Girls 8 Chirc Naga 9 Kabui Nagas, Dancing Costume 10 Boy "Putting the Stonk" . 11 Tangkhul Naga. ^ . 12 Maikel Khullakpa and his Son 13 Mao Naga in the Warrior's Dress 14 Monolith near Maram 15 Flat Stone near Maram 16 Stone Circle at Uilong 17 Plan of 16 LIST OF AUTHORITIES CITED Allen, Grant, "The Attis of Caius Valerius Catullus." 1892. "L'Ann^e Sociologique." Vols. I-X. 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