Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to examine the various cultural practices and social relations, which mediates and position men and women among the Ao Nagas of Nagaland and highlight the various barriers and challenges faced by the Ao Naga women by examining the traditional practices.

Design/methodology/approach

The various data used in this paper incorporate both primary and secondary data. The information gathered through secondary data includes books and journals and reports. On the other hand, the primary data include unstructured interview, case studies and oral history on the basis of field experiences.

Findings

Findings suggest that, Ao Naga women's subordinate position to men can be traced back not only to the prevailing customary laws and tradition but also include a number of factors in their societal affairs which include village formation, where men played a prominent role and thereby, the traditional political seat in the village is denied to women till today. Further, women were kept out of the institution of morung known as Ariju in Ao dialect, where men acquired leadership skills. The strong prevalence of inheritance rules, clanship, succession is held very much intact which seems to affect women's lives to a great extent, along with strong ideologies whereby Naga men are given more honor due to the contributions in safeguarding of village during head hunting days. This high status is enjoyed till today and widely accepted among the people. A deep unequal power sharing among man and woman thus seems to exist in the Ao Naga society.

Originality/value

This research article gives a detailed insight of the Ao Naga women bounded in the domains of customary laws and traditional beliefs.

中文翻译：

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那加兰邦的奥纳加斯（Ao Nagas）关于性别公正问题的案例研究

目的

本文的目的是研究各种文化习俗和社会关系，这些文化习俗和社会关系在纳迦兰的奥纳加斯人中间调解和定位男人和妇女，并通过考察传统习俗凸显了奥那卡加妇女所面​​临的各种障碍和挑战。

设计/方法/方法

本文使用的各种数据都包含了主要数据和辅助数据。通过辅助数据收集的信息包括书籍，期刊和报告。另一方面，主要数据包括非结构化访谈，案例研究和基于现场经验的口述历史。

发现

研究结果表明，奥纳卡语妇女在男人中的从属地位不仅可以追溯到当时的习惯法和传统，而且还可以在其社会事务中包括许多因素，包括村庄的形成，男人在其中起着重要的作用以及由此而引起的影响。直到今天，妇女在该村的传统政治席位仍被拒绝。此外，妇女被排除在Ao方言中称为Ariju的morung机构之外，男子在那里获得了领导才能。继承规则，宗族，继承的盛行在很大程度上完好无损，这似乎在很大程度上影响了妇女的生活，而强大的意识形态也使纳迦男人在猎头期间为保护村庄做出了贡献而获得了更多荣誉。直到今天，这种崇高的地位一直得到人们的广泛认可。因此，奥纳加社会似乎存在着男女之间严重的不平等分享。

创意/价值

这篇研究文章详细介绍了习惯法和传统信仰领域内的奥纳加族妇女。