m THE OLD KUKI CLANS 173

hunting, and if they are successful good luck is sure to follow.
The first day of the feast a pig and a dog are sacrificed, and zu
drunk; on the second, the bamboo is thrown away and more
zu drunk in the house of the khul-lakpa. On the third day
the unmarried girls of the village give a drinking feast to
the young men", and both dance together. Should the zu
suffice this portion of the festival may be prolonged for several
days.

It is believed that unless these two festivals are carried out
every year in their proper rotation, there will be serious
mortality among the elders of the village.

Since writing the above, I have found two more small clans,
which evidently belong to the Old Kuki group—Lonte or
Konte, of whom there are only nine households, living along-
side of the Burma road, close to the Chawte hamlet, with
whom they are classed by the Manipuris; and Tarau,
eighteen households living slightly to the south of the Burma
road.

The E-onte clan is divided into two families, called Lanu and
Changom. Marriages can only be made with members of the
other family of the clan. They say that they came from the
Ngente hill far to the south (v, Ngente clan), and claim some
connection with the Chiru and Aimol.

The Tarau clan is divided into four families, and mar-
riages are restricted as among the Chawte, Chiru, and
Kolhen.

A youth of the Pachana family must marry a girl of the
Tlangsha family.

A youth of the Tlangsha family must marry a girl of the
Thimasha family.

A youth of the Thimasha family must marry a girl of the
Khulpu-in family.

A youth of the Khulpu-in family must marry a girl of the
Pachana family.

In both clans the young men sleep in any house, except
their parents', in which there are unmarried girls. The
Eonte say that formerly they built zawlbuks like the
Lushais.

The price of a Tarau girl is a gong or Rs. 30/-, or five years