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| Description | A combination of circumstances has given us a particularly rich record of Naga culture. Firstly, the precipitous mountains and thick forest, as well as the warlike head-hunting reputation of the peoples deterred outsiders from entering the area until very late. The period of contact, starting effectively in the 184Os, was unusually gradual, lasting over a century until Indian Independence in 1947. It was only with the Second World War and the combined influence of missions, education and economic growth that the situation changed profoundly. Little research has been possible in Nagaland since 1947, and the bulk of the material on the present videodisc therefore relates to the period up to that date. Thus, we have for the Nagas a series of historical records spread over a century, each analysing aspects of a set of tribal societies sufficiently isolated to maintain much of their ancient social systems, yet with a loose attachment to the British Empire. This encouraged outsiders to try to understand the traditional ways of life in order to administer and adjudicate the expanding Empire in the north-east. The relative lateness of the contact means that the second fifty years of documentation were within the era of photography and the last few years within that of the moving film. The involved interest of the District Officers as collectors and analysts ensured the survival of large numbers of artefacts. All this provided the context which made study and recording possible, but only good fortune brought to the Naga Hills a series of very gifted observers. These men and women became so involved with the Nagas that they assembled large collections of all kinds of material despite linguistic and practical difficulties. |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Naga People Naga Hills Northeast India Tribal People Tribal Society Tribal Community Anthropology Tribal Cultures Indigenous People of Himalaya Ethnographic Research |
| Content Type | Image |
| Resource Type | Photograph |
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