morung (youth dormitory)

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A morung is a traditional Naga communal youth dormitory that serves as a center for socialization, education, and cultural transmission within the village.

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Label Occurrences
morung (youth dormitory) canonical 1

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Naga cultural practice ⓘ
traditional communal institution ⓘ
youth dormitory ⓘ
associatedWith Naga customary law ⓘ
Naga festivals ⓘ
Naga folklore ⓘ
Naga oral traditions ⓘ
headhunting era of Naga history ⓘ
culturalRole initiation of boys into adulthood ⓘ
preservation of traditional songs and dances ⓘ
transmission of customary law ⓘ
documentedIn Naga ethnographic studies ⓘ
anthropological literature on Northeast India ⓘ
governedBy clan leaders ⓘ
village elders ⓘ
hasFunction center for cultural transmission ⓘ
community meeting place ⓘ
educational institution for youth ⓘ
socialization center ⓘ
training ground for young men ⓘ
hasParticipant adolescent boys ⓘ
unmarried young men ⓘ
hasPhysicalForm communal dormitory building ⓘ
large wooden house ⓘ
hasVariant Angami Naga morung ⓘ
Ao Naga morung ⓘ
Konyak Naga morung ⓘ
influencedBy Naga age-grade system ⓘ
Naga clan structure ⓘ
languageOfTerm Naga languages ⓘ
locatedIn Naga villages ⓘ
Nagaland ⓘ
Northeast India ⓘ
relatedTo men's house institutions in other tribal societies ⓘ
statusInModernTimes declining traditional institution ⓘ
sometimes revived as cultural symbol ⓘ
symbolizes collective identity of the village youth ⓘ
continuity of Naga traditions ⓘ
teaches agricultural practices ⓘ
craftsmanship ⓘ
ritual practices ⓘ
social norms ⓘ
traditional warfare skills ⓘ
tribal history ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence early colonial era ⓘ
pre-colonial era ⓘ
typicallyBuiltAt central area of the village ⓘ
strategic location for defense ⓘ
usedBy Naga people ⓘ
linked to: Naga peoples

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Naga peoples → traditionalArchitecture → morung (youth dormitory) ⓘ