Laa khanganui is a form of beauty contest in our ancient society.  It is performed during the seed-sowing festival called Luira, by all unmarried women in the village including teenage girls who have attained puberty.  Participants clad in traditional attire with bangles and necklace (kongsang), sing folk songs and walk gracefully in circle.  Their mesmerizing bodies and beauties are enchanted …

Accounts of Funeral in Photographs by Ursula Graham Bower   “The graves are hollowed out some seven to eight feet underground. The shaft is large enough to admit a man and a body on a stretcher. This shaft leads to the opening of an underground chamber, into which the body on the stretcher can be passed. These tombs are re-usable. …