86 THE LUSHEI CLANS CHAP.

fully superintended the feast, and a month later peacefully
departed this life.1

Hlamzuih.—If the first child in a family dies shortly after
birth, it is buried without any ceremony under the house, and
it is called "hlamzuih" (hlam = after birth, zuih = to follow).
Should other children subsequently die, however young they be,
they will be honoured with a complete funeral. It will be
remembered that the hlamzuih are exempt from being shot by
Pupawla. (See above, page 62).

Luk&wng.—On a person's death a sum, varying from Us. 2/~
to Rs. 20/- according to family custom, has to be paid by his
heir to the pu of the deceased (see para. 6). A chief
generally claims the " lukawng " of all his boi.

Sar-tM.—Deaths from accidents, in childbirth, or those
caused by wild animals, or in war are termed " sar-thi," and the
corpse must not be buried within the village; in some cases the
corpse must not even be brought into the village, if the death
occurred outside. Even if the corpse is brought into the village,
it is often not allowed into a house, but deposited in the forge.
In such cases no lukawng can be demanded. Should the
injured person survive for any considerable time, the death will
not be called sar-thi unless the person has been wounded by a
tiger. The fact that tigers eat men is given as the reason for
this. The graves of persons killed by tigers are watched by the
young men of the village for several nights, lest the tigers, or
their elder brothers the wild cats, should come and dig up the
body.

In-thian, Thi-thin.—Three months after a death a small
chicken is killed and placed with some rice on the shelf which
runs along the wall. The family indulge in zu. This is
apparently a sort of farewell to the soul.

£>. There are three feasts connected with the crops. They are

Festivals. aU known as « £ut» TI^ first is called « Chap-char-kut"; it is the

most important of the three, and is held after the jhums are
burnt, about the time of sowing, and is never omitted. It lasts
three or four days. On the first day a pig is killed by each

1 Can the fear of his heirs neglecting to put up a memorial stone have
originated the "stone hauling" customs so distinctive of Maram and Angami