Males:
all —— receive portions of sacrificial meat, [27];
sit on right of celebrant, [34];
contribute rice at oyantsoa, [122];
tabus affecting males:
may not eat rice boiled in water used in thread preparation, [37];
have any share in dyeing, [38];
in weaving save setting of warp, [39].
See Man.
Man:
man’s work,
basket-making, [43];
net-making, [43];
fish-poisoning, [71];
—— and tiger of common origin, [xxxiv].
See also Males, Old man, Young man, Married men, Unmarried men.
Mangya village, [21]
Manipur, point of contact of Nagas and Kukis, [xvi]
Manipuris, [xxiii];
composition of, [xxxvi n. 1];
belief in vampires, [xxxiv n. 2]
Manufactures, [36]–44
Mao, legendary place of origin of Lhotas and other tribes, [4]
Maram tribe, [xxviii], [xxxvii]
Marriage, [147]–156;
Ceremonies:
preliminary, [147], [148];
tsoyuta, [148];
Lantsoa, [148], [149];
halam, [149]–151;
Ponyiratsen’s, [151]–153;
exogamous system, [87], [88];
rules as regards certain blood relations, mother’s clan, brother’s widow, father’s widow, [95];
of adopted persons, [99], [100]
price (oman) settlement of, [148];
payment by instalments, [87], [155], [156];
items of, and recipients, [155];
arrangements in case of death of wife, [156];
in case of divorce, [112], [156];
elder brother pays for younger, [99];
paid and received by adopter, [99], [100];
not paid for brother’s widow, [95], [155]