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Wakching head receiving rituals |
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splendid reception by warriors as head brought to Wakching |
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Closer to the village all the gaonburas were waiting (apart from Medzou, who I missed later on as well), and after an overwhelming welcome and innumerable interested questions about our move against Pangsha, I moved on at the head of my group of friends. Where the first wooden storehouses line the trail a richly decorated crowd of warriors steps out towards us. They were the young people of the Balang morung who had fetched their share of the head already yesterday from Tamlu. They far exceed the people of Tamlu and Wanching in the splendour of their decoration and the painting of their faces and chests which have lines of white chalk |
