SLAVES AND SACRIFICES.
ANIMALS REPLACE HUMANS. CIVILISING ASSAM. CALCUTTA, May 11. The expedition which is penetrating the Naga (Assam) hill country with a view to persuading the chiefs to abandon human sacrifices and the practice of slavery reports surprising results. At a big Durbar at Shinbwiyanga, over 500 chiefs, some of whom had travelled over 100 miles, over most difficult country, attended. At the end of the Durbar 40 chiefs handed over to the civil officer 82 skulls of human beings, some 20 years old. The preservation of these relics hitherto had constituted the basis of the Naga religion, the skulls being hung on the door of homes as a protection from all the evils of their devil-haunted world. Many other chiefs departed foi home,- promising to overtake the expedition on the return journey, and hand over more skulls. At the Durbar, anmials were sacrificed instead of human beings, and during the chiefs’ return a large mini tier of slaves were liberated. The expedition has traveresed 350 miles of country previously unexplored.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3643, 26 May 1927, Page 4
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172SLAVES AND SACRIFICES. Manawatu Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 3643, 26 May 1927, Page 4
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