Crowd of boys sitting (Image number O.015, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)

The boys are waiting to take part in a ceremony, possibly the Thekrangi genna, which is marked by dancing and singing on the part of young, unmarried boys and girls and takes place over three days. They are holding banana leaf cups for rice beer.

Full title: Crowd of boys sitting (Image number O.015, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection) [electronic resource].
Format: Photo           
Language: English
Published: 1924.
Series: SOAS Digital Library.
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245 0 0 |a Crowd of boys sitting (Image number O.015, J.P. Mills Photographic Collection)  |h [electronic resource]. 
260 |c 1924. 
490 |a J.P. Mills Photographic Collection. 
500 |a Date of photograph: 1924 
500 |a Copyright held by the Estate of J.P. Mills. The Estate is currently (2015) represented by Geraldine Hobson. 
500 |a This item may be used under license: Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial (CC BY-NC) 
500 |a This photograph is part of album O. The album contains photographs dating from late 1924 to early 1925. They are of a number of different tribes. Two, taken by Mills, are reproduced in the second edition of J.H. Hutton's The Angami Nagas. 
500 |a Originally collected in Album O of the "J.P. Mills Photographic Collection". (Held in the SOAS, University of London, Archives and Special Collections.) 
500 |a Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. [Tour Diaries.] (Held by the Pitt Rivers Museum archives, University of Oxford) 
500 |a Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. The Angami Nagas. London : Macmillan & Co., 1921. 
500 |a Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960. The Rengma Nagas. London : Macmillan & Co., Ltd., 1937. (LCCN: 37039518) 
500 |a Genna is a Naga word for 'feast' 
500 |a VIAF ID: 2475026 (name authority) : Mills, J.P. (James Philip), 1890-1960 
500 |a VIAF ID: 24095368 (name authority) : Hobson, Geraldine 
500 |a Ethnologue reference: http://www.ethnologue.com/language/njm 
506 |a Image: © 1924, The Estate of J.P. Mills. Text: © 1996, Geraldine Hobson. 
520 3 |a The boys are waiting to take part in a ceremony, possibly the Thekrangi genna, which is marked by dancing and singing on the part of young, unmarried boys and girls and takes place over three days. They are holding banana leaf cups for rice beer. 
533 |a Electronic reproduction.  |b London :  |c SOAS, University of London,  |c Archives and Special Collections,  |d 2015.  |f (SOAS Digital Library)  |n Mode of access: World Wide Web.  |n System requirements: Internet connectivity; Web browser software. 
535 1 |a Archives and Special Collections. 
650 0 |a Ceremonies. 
650 |a Genna (ceremony). 
650 0 |a Feasts. 
650 |a एशिया -- भारत -- नगालैंड -- फेक जिला. 
650 |a এশিয়া -- ভারত -- নাগাল্যান্ড. 
650 0 |a Naga (South Asian people). 
650 7 |a Naga.  |2 ethnicity 
650 7 |a Angami Naga.  |2 ethnicity 
650 7 |a Chokri.  |2 ethnicity 
650 7 |a Khezha Naga.  |2 ethnicity 
650 7 |a नागा.  |2 ethnicity 
650 7 |a अंगामी नागा.  |2 ethnicity 
720 1 |a Mills, J. P. (James Philip), 1890-1960.. 
720 1 |a Hobson, Geraldine.  |4 ctb 
752 |a India  |b Nagaland  |c Phek District  |d Lozapheyemi. 
830 0 |a SOAS Digital Library. 
830 0 |a ASC. 
830 0 |a REGIONS. 
830 0 |a RSA. 
830 0 |a JPMILLS. 
830 0 |a ILOAA. 
852 |a SOAS 
856 4 0 |y Electronic Resource 
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