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The Nongkrem Puja in the Khasi Mountains (Assam)article 1909 • Becker, C. & Knight, Elizabeth
Khasi • Asia > South Asia
Becker describes the great annual sacrifice which takes place in May, its preparations, the sacrificial feast and the celebrations that follow. A brief description of the folk dances is included. The photographs at the end of the article indicate the...Family property and maternal rightsarticle 1924 • Becker, C. & Knight, Elizabeth
Khasi • Asia > South Asia
This article is concerned with describing family property rights and inheritance among the matrilineal Khasi, the duties and obligations of the clan-mother, and of the men who are born into the group and who marry into the group. Becker discusses the...