Customary Laws and Practices of the Maram Nagas

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The task of better understanding among people is a difficult one. A vital part of the task is to provide accurate, interesting, readable information about every land, its people and its way of life. Persisting ignorance about other peoples and other lands keeps alive the embers of fear and prejudice that often leads to misunderstanding and misinterpretation. The basic objective of this book is to provide facts and not opinion.

The book is written after travelling to various parts of the Maram Naga inhabited areas and a lot of interactions with different age groups-young and old, and of both sexes. The author toured almost all the villages. Many of the facts collected were reviewed, cross examined and checked by a group of young Maram Naga scholars and any disagreement was not left unresolved. All the facts have been collected to illustrate the reality of the lives of the people.

TH. R. TIBA, M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. (b. 1969) is a faculty member in the Department of History. Assam University. He hails from a small tribal village in Manipur's Senapati District. He did his schooling in the village up to Class X and passed matriculation in 1984 from Maram High School, Tumuyon Khullen. He did his Post- Graduation from NEHU, Shillong, in 1991 He has been associated with a number of social welfare and voluntary organizations. A keen researcher, he has many articles and projects to his credit. He is a life member of North- East India History Association and Indian History Congress.

The customary laws and practices of the Maram Nagas has been less often studied if not altogether forgotten among the various Naga tribes. Till date. very few tribal customary laws and practices are being codified. The work studies the customary laws and practices then and now. It starts with the introduction of the tribe, and compares with the various laws of different Naga Tribes. Then it delves into the various aspects of the age-old customs and practices of the Maram Nagas.

A review of the rich cultural heritage leads to a summary outline of the various aspects of customs and practices practiced. The work presents a comprehensive and critical analysis of the Maram customary laws, traditions and practices. Mainly based on the field work, the study closes with reflections on the customary laws and practices of the legal government laws of the state an impact on which could be felt in the intrusion that lead to emergence of new idea of codification of the Maram Nagas Laws and Customs.

Design to provide elements for discussion, Customary Laws and Practices of the Maram Nagas is intended as contribution to wider debate on the customs and practices of the Nagas in general and the Maram Nagas in particular.

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