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Women wearing Ningkham samjin dress representing Nongshaba.
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Nongshaba is the greatest of the umang lai or forest gods.
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112:Affiliation
89:Other names
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116:Sanamahism
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1442:Namesakes
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1376:, in the
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260:Pakhangba
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315:a series
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214:Siblings
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100:Lion God
2272:Animism
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1362:Worship
1356:Moirang
1340:Anoirol
1321:sun god
1221:ꯄꯥꯏꯈꯣꯝꯕ
1176:History
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