The Khasis

The Khasis have a vague belief in a God the Creator, _U Blei Nong-thaw_, although this deity, owing, no doubt, to the influences of the matriarchate, is frequently given the att...

The inhabitants of the Khasi and Jaintia Hills may be said to be divided into the following sections:--Khasi, Synteng or Pnar, Wár, Bhoi, and Lynngam. These divisions represent...

The Khasis possess a considerable amount of folk-lore. The tales which will be found reproduced in the original Khasi have been obtained from a collection which was in the posse...

The greater proportion of the population subsists by cultivation. Cultivation of rice may be divided under two headings, high land or dry cultivation and low land or wet cultiva...

The Khasi and Jaintia Hills district is situated between 25° 1' and 26° 5' North Latitude, and between 90° 47' and 92° 52' East Longitude. It contains an area of 6,157 square mi...

Before commencing to describe the more salient features of the Khasi language, its grammar, and syntax, it seems to be of importance to show how intimately connected Khasi is wi...

The Khasis, like the Alfoors of Poso in Celebes, seem to be somewhat reluctant to utter the names of their own immediate relations, and of other people's also. Parents are very...

The _dieng shat pylleng_, or egg-breaking board, is shaped as indicated in the diagram. Having placed a little heap of red earth on the board at point _p_, the egg-breaker sits...

on trouve, partout disseminé, ce que les indigènes, au Cambodge du moins, appellant, comme les peuples les plus éloignés du globe les traits de foudre.' Ce sont ici des haches d...