ka-lyngka-pongrei

Updated: May 19, 2025

Then a bamboo is fixed to the centre one of the three upright stones, to which is attached the lower jaw-bone of one of the cattle sacrificed in the puja-house; this is called u masi mawlynti. A special ceremony called ka-lyngka-pongrei is then performed for those of the clan who have died childless. We now come to the actual ceremony of placing the bones in the tomb of the clan.

P. R. T. (Philip Richard Thornhagh) Gurdon - The Khasis