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 It is a community, which has produced a national freedom fighter and religious leader like '''Haipei Rani Gaidinliu.'''
 =See also=
 [[Zeliangrong: Namsu Namdimmei and Khangchiu ]]  <>
 [[Zeliangrong: Social structure ]]  <>
 [[Zeliangrong: Birth and puberty ceremonies]]

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 In regards with religious functions of the society, some restrictions are imposed on women. They are not allowed to take part in some of the rites of the family such as Duikhangmei, Laokhangmei etc. which are usually observed outside the village gate. But on the day of Napkaodai festival, the wife of Napmupou (in charge of agricultural rites) plants various seeds at a clear spot near the village gate with relevant hymns. Woman is however, permitted to perform family rites like Napchammei, Ginkimei etc. Thus the Zeliangrong women play a crucial role in socio-economic, cultural and religious activities. And they enjoy high status and privileges and are given honour and respect in the society.
 It is a community, which has produced a national freedom fighter and religious leader like Haipei Rani Gaidinliu.

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 ''' Marriage. ''' Marriage is a universal social institution but the Zeliangrong marriage is not a simple contract between the two spouses which is accepted by the parents. Marriage is the covenant union of a boy and a girl to form a family with religious and social sanction in which the spouses, their parents, and the village elders have to give their unanimous consent.
- Among the prehistoric migrants who took shelter at Ramting Kabin, there is a reference to one Pokrei (Dirannang) and girl Dichalu, both of them were brother and sister. It happened that due to some natural catastrophe, they used the cave as their shelter. Pokrei then proposed to marry his own sister Dichalu. He asked her to go round an anthill seven times and each time they met she was supposed to address him (her brother) as Apou (a formal traditional way of addressing to the marriageable senior male). But she failed six times and addressed him as Achai (brother) instead. Again she was asked to go one more round the anthill and this time she addressed him as Apou, title to marriageable male. So they married and established a family. This incident is mythical and deviated from social norms of the Zeliangrong people.
 It was customary for the Zeliangrong Naga to seek life-partners from different clans because endogamous marriage is prohibited. Marriage within the same clan is held with contempt and is locally known as Tanpui-Tanpu Kaomei. If such marriage occurs, the couple is ostracized or derecognized by the society. Certain socio-religious restrictions are imposed on the couple which will remain valid throughout their married life. The villagers perform a rite called Neimei (taboo). The couple is required to give four pigs and two pitchers of rice-beer as fine. In addition, clothes worn by them would be given to the headman of the village or elder who accordingly consigns their clothes to flame outside the village gate. The half-burn clothes were then held by the headman with a stick and he would pronounce the expulsion of the couple from the village for violating the customary law. After this the couple is excommunicated, ostracized and driven out of the village. Marriage is exogamous. Usually the son of sister could marry the daughter of the brother and customarily not vice-versa. In the Zeliangrong society, polygamy is very rare except in few cases when barrenness on the part of the wife is being noticed, and polyandry is completely absent. Child marriage is not known and practiced. A girl after her marriage assumes womanhood by changing her clan to that of her husband.

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