Thanks for writing on Kohima- Nagaland. I used to travel more often between 1975-79 to Kohima and Imphal. The images of the cemetery, the epitaphs at each of the graves ( in my many visits, I had stopped by at all of them to read them with a prayers on my lips) still flash before my eyes, whenever Kohima is mentioned.
Bit off topic, but thanks for mentioning about headhunting. I've always been fascinated about headhunting among the Nagas. I believe they are descended from ancient Austronesian people, who originated from Taiwan and then spread across SE Asia, Southern China and NE India. Head hunting was a common practice among them.
Might be possible. There is a strong historical link between northeast and Southeast Asia. There is another tribe in the Indo-Bangladesh borderlands, the Garos. They also practiced headhunting.
“When You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Your Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today.” That quote brought a tear…
Thank you for reading :)
Thanks for writing on Kohima- Nagaland. I used to travel more often between 1975-79 to Kohima and Imphal. The images of the cemetery, the epitaphs at each of the graves ( in my many visits, I had stopped by at all of them to read them with a prayers on my lips) still flash before my eyes, whenever Kohima is mentioned.
Very honest and hardworking people.
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That's wonderful. Thank you for reading :)
Fascinating read. Thank you for sharing! This makes me wonder about the role of Muslims in WWII, or WWI even.
Quite an interesting point you have raised. However, we cannot think of their participation in terms of a unified group, right?
Sorry, you're right. I was thinking of Indian Muslims.
Bit off topic, but thanks for mentioning about headhunting. I've always been fascinated about headhunting among the Nagas. I believe they are descended from ancient Austronesian people, who originated from Taiwan and then spread across SE Asia, Southern China and NE India. Head hunting was a common practice among them.
Might be possible. There is a strong historical link between northeast and Southeast Asia. There is another tribe in the Indo-Bangladesh borderlands, the Garos. They also practiced headhunting.
Then the HR tribe, world-wide, adopted this term for recruitment.