Lifecycle ceremonies of the Zeliangrong of Northeast

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It is a rite of incorporation which introduces the child into the family because without a name, a person cannot be counted as a member of the family.34 Fuller35 says, “A name is a kind of face whereby one is known.”Most commonly the ancestor names are given to the children. The name is given sometime having some definite signification, and mostly alluding to some supposed quality or to some accidental circumstance which have happened at the time of birth.36 In this regard, Colonel McCulloch writes, “Five days after the birth of a child it is named with various ceremonies names are not given at random but are compounds of father’s and grand father’s names or those of other near relations”.

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From previous issue
It is a rite of incorporation which introduces the child into the family because without a name, a person cannot be counted as a member of the family.34 Fuller35 says, “A name is a kind of face whereby one is known.”Most commonly the ancestor names are given to the children. The name is given sometime having some definite signification, and mostly alluding to some supposed quality or to some accidental circumstance which have happened at the time of birth.36 In this regard, Colonel McCulloch writes, “Five days after the birth of a child it is named with various ceremonies names are not given at random but are compounds of father’s and grand father’s names or those of other near relations”.

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