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Ponghi, a seven-day festival of Maram Nagas, is celebrated on the 20th day of ''Ponghi-kii'' (July), when [[rice]] transplantation is completed, another very interesting festival of Maram tribe is "Mangkang". Mangkang is the biggest festival of women, Maram always have a great respect for women. Another major festival of the marams is the Kanghi. This is also a seven-day customary festival of Maram Nagas held in the month of Kanghi-kii (December). Wrestling is played during the festival in the Khullakpa’s compound in stark naked to get shy away the devils so as to obviate misfortune and injury. | Ponghi, a seven-day festival of Maram Nagas, is celebrated on the 20th day of ''Ponghi-kii'' (July), when [[rice]] transplantation is completed, another very interesting festival of Maram tribe is "Mangkang". Mangkang is the biggest festival of women, Maram always have a great respect for women. Another major festival of the marams is the Kanghi. This is also a seven-day customary festival of Maram Nagas held in the month of Kanghi-kii (December). Wrestling is played during the festival in the Khullakpa’s compound in stark naked to get shy away the devils so as to obviate misfortune and injury. | ||
Each lineages in traditional village of Maram has its own Sagong (King) but they are subject to the sagong of Lamkhana (Khullakpa Sagei) in matter of cult and morals. Sagong was the de facto and de jure head of the village. Every Sagongki (King's House) have their own morung (dormitory). Boy's morung is called Rehangki whereas that of the girl's is Raliiki. | Each lineages in traditional village of Maram has its own Sagong (King) but they are subject to the sagong of Lamkhana (Khullakpa Sagei) in matter of cult and morals. Sagong was the de facto and de jure head of the village. Every Sagongki (King's House) have their own [[morung]] (dormitory). Boy's morung is called Rehangki whereas that of the girl's is Raliiki. | ||
The Marams are known for wet-rice cultivation on terraces of the hill slopes and the very small alluvial plain of the flat landform created by the deposition of sediment near river areas because of this labor-intensive cultivation, land is the most important form of property among them. This allows them to cultivate the same plot year after year however, to a small extent, on slash-and-burn cultivation is still done in small pocket mainly by the marams settled in southern region. | The Marams are known for wet-rice cultivation on terraces of the hill slopes and the very small alluvial plain of the flat landform created by the deposition of sediment near river areas because of this labor-intensive cultivation, land is the most important form of property among them. This allows them to cultivate the same plot year after year however, to a small extent, on slash-and-burn cultivation is still done in small pocket mainly by the marams settled in southern region. | ||