(contd from previous issue)
For murder within the village, the offender could be executed, but in all the Naga groups there was a strong revulsion against injuring physically a fellow-villager and expulsion was more likely.” The Pei has the power to declare social boycott to any of the families who defies the orders or decisions of village court or who in the opinion of the village court are trouble for the village. It is a terrible thing for the families who are boycotted by the village. When a member of an excommunicated family dies, the villagers will not attend the funeral service. So, one and all try to obey the orders of the village court. Among the Meiteis, in many cases, banishment to a Loi village was a common form of punishment in the past. Imprisonment is not a part of the tribal system.
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(contd from previous issue)
For murder within the village, the offender could be executed, but in all the Naga groups there was a strong revulsion against injuring physically a fellow-villager and expulsion was more likely.” The Pei has the power to declare social boycott to any of the families who defies the orders or decisions of village court or who in the opinion of the village court are trouble for the village. It is a terrible thing for the families who are boycotted by the village. When a member of an excommunicated family dies, the villagers will not attend the funeral service. So, one and all try to obey the orders of the village court. Among the Meiteis, in many cases, banishment to a Loi village was a common form of punishment in the past. Imprisonment is not a part of the tribal system.
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