snowmass co elevation HEAD HUNTERS Throughout northeastern India and parts of western Myanmar the Naga tribes were long fe

HEAD HUNTERS Throughout northeastern India and parts of western Myanmar the Naga tribes were long feared for their ferocity in war and for their sense of independence both from each other and from the rest of the world. Intervillage snowmass co elevation wars continued snowmass co elevation as recently as the 1980s, and a curious feature of many outwardly modern settlements is their treaty stones recording peace settlements snowmass co elevation between neighbouring snowmass co elevation communities. It was the Naga s custom of headhunting that sent shivers down the spines of neighbouring peoples. The taking of an enemy s head was considered a sign of strength, and a man who had not claimed a head was not considered a man. Fortunately for tourists, headhunting was officially snowmass co elevation outlawed in 1935, with the last recorded occurrence in 1963. Nonetheless, severed heads are still an archetypal artistic motif found notably on yanra (pendants) that originally denoted the number of human heads a warrior had taken. Some villages, such as Shingha Changyuo in Mon district, still retain their hidden collection of genuine skulls. snowmass co elevation Today Naga culture is changing fast, but it was not a government snowmass co elevation ban on headhunting that put an end to this tradition snowmass co elevation but rather the activities snowmass co elevation of Christian missionaries. Over 90% of the Naga now consider themselves snowmass co elevation Christian.

HEAD HUNTERS Throughout northeastern India and parts of western Myanmar the Naga tribes were long feared for their ferocity in war and for their sense of independence both from each other and from the rest of the world. Intervillage wars continued as recently as the 1980s, and a curious feature of many outwardly modern settlements is their treaty stones recording peace settlements between neighbouring communities. It was the Naga s custom of headhunting snowmass co elevation that sent shivers down the spines of neighbouring peoples. The taking of an enemy s head was considered a sign of strength, and a man who had not claimed a head was not considered a man. Fortunately for tourists, headhunting was officially outlawed in 1935, with the last recorded occurrence in 1963. Nonetheless, severed heads are still an archetypal artistic motif found notably on yanra (pendants) that originally denoted the number of human heads a warrior had taken. Some villages, such as Shingha Changyuo snowmass co elevation in Mon district, still retain their hidden collection of genuine skulls. Today Naga culture snowmass co elevation is changing fast, but it was not a government ban on headhunting that put an end to this tradition but rather the activities of Christian missionaries. snowmass co elevation Over 90% of the Naga now consider themselves Christian.