Traditional Religious Systems of the Rengma Nagas

Contents: Preface. 1. Origin, migration and dispersal. 2. Ancestors\' religion. 3. Animal hunting. 4. Birth and death ceremonies. 5. Marriage and divorce. 6. Medicine man. 7. Feast of Merit. 8. Festivals: Ngada or Akhu festival. 9. Folk tales. References. Index.

"The book deals with the origin and migration of Rengma Nagas, the tribes, now settled in the north-east region of India, their ancestral animistic religious beliefs, faiths and ceremonies, social economic and cultural practices, feasts which continue to be practiced by the community. It also includes some folk tales." (jacket)