Baimin – Original Mungre villages

Abstract

Three recordings in whcih Mr Baimin Mungre talks about the orginal Mungre villages. This consists of 3 sound files: nst-mun_20170106_01_SM_H5_Baimin_MapOfVillages nst-mun_20170106_05_SM_H5_Baimin_Villages nst-mun_20170106_06_SM_H5_Baimin_Villages The details of these recordings are as follows: nst-mun_20170106_01_SM_H5_Baimin_MapOfVillages_Duration 6’38”, Discussing the British map, NE ; he gives the name of the two Talai and Tacha; and the original village was Mungre Longkung. After the Mungre people left there, first came was the Chamkok; there is a Chamkok village near on the map. After the Chamkok the Langching came and then after that other Naga people. The word Tai means liquid and Lai means ‘flows directly, crossing direct’. Cha means a big stagnant, does not flow directly. This is reflected in the map. nst-mun_20170106_05_SM_H5_Baimin_Villages_Duration 2’00”, The girl’s dormitory is called lap piu and the boy’s lap pong. But at the same time. We discussed the villages of the Morang listed at Dewar 1931: 295 nst-mun_20170106_06_SM_H5_Baimin_Villages_Duration 2’16”, Discussing the Brief Notes of the Naga Hills, 1942, but we could not find the Morang there