Clan, marriage practices and kinship terms amongst the Ao and Sema Nagas

In many Naga communities the bonds, duties and obligations of the clan cuts across religious bonds, for instance, the non-Christian Konyaks helping the Konyaks of the same clan in building a church in Wanching (Haimendorf: 1973:5). Conversely, despite conversion to Christianity. many Christian Nagas...

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Main Author:	Sreedhar, M. V.
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spelling	sg-ntu-dr.10356-1792102024-07-24T07:40:08Z Clan, marriage practices and kinship terms amongst the Ao and Sema Nagas Sreedhar, M. V. Central Institute of Indian Languages Arts and Humanities In many Naga communities the bonds, duties and obligations of the clan cuts across religious bonds, for instance, the non-Christian Konyaks helping the Konyaks of the same clan in building a church in Wanching (Haimendorf: 1973:5). Conversely, despite conversion to Christianity. many Christian Nagas still observe the old customs (Sreedhar: 1980). Amongst the Semas, the bonds of kinship pervade every aspect of the social and religious life. For instance, when the maternal aunt of a man gets married. he is expected to offer certain specified items as presents to his maternal aunt, and her husband in his turn is expected to return these presents at the time of the marriage of his wi. si. son. son. Published version 2024-07-24T07:40:08Z 2024-07-24T07:40:08Z 1990 Journal Article Sreedhar, M. V. (1990). Clan, marriage practices and kinship terms amongst the Ao and Sema Nagas. Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area, 13(1), 121-139. https://dx.doi.org/10.32655/LTBA.13.1.06 0731-3500 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/179210 10.32655/LTBA.13.1.06 1 13 121 139 en Linguistics of the Tibeto-Burman Area © 1990 The Editor(s). All rights reserved. application/pdf
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Clan, marriage practices and kinship terms amongst the Ao and Sema Nagas

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