Esben Agersnap writes in his blog about the last living men who once practiced head hunting in Nagaland. An interesting story with a lot of pictures of headhunters.
…tribes – which often waged war upon each other as well as on the more peaceful peoples of Assam. A peculiar aspect of Naga tribal warfare was the brutal and feared concept of head hunting. It was believed that by taking the head of your slain enemy as a trophy you would gain some of his power and spirit.
Read ‘the last living head hunters‘
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That was a lovely post by Esben, thanks.
Arun, the words “the last living men” reminded me of the extermination of the Bo tribe of Andamans after the death of Bo Sr. who died just last week. Surely you have read about it?