THE NAGAS

Description

Naga – Montagnards between India and Burma – Society, Culture and the colonial encounter. Hill peoples of North East India: Naga live on both sides of the Indo-Burmese border. In the years leading up to Independence India, Naga North East have come to serve as a model of society “exotic”. Mountain peoples, they had beliefs and a culture radically different from those of the Hindu population of the plains. They were also known for their fierce resistance to British colonizers and passed for d’actifs headhunters. Although they share a common cultural and social funds, thousands of small Naga stands located on inaccessible hills are not alike. Their political system varies, the egalitarian regime autocratic system. They speak a dozen different dialects and do not necessarily understand them. This diversity in unity is also reflected in the crafts in adornment and dress, textiles, basketry, sculptures and weapons. These objects, Due considerable wealth, are presented in this work by numerous color photographs. The authors relied on an extensive historical material and discussed how the concept of tribe was applied to the Naga; They have also put the emphasis on the importance of this fact has had in the development of “nationalism” Naga contemporary. A wide selection of documentary photographs of the colonial era complete this unique document on an original ethnic group.