The Nagas: Memoeries of Headhunters, Indo-Burmese Borderlands - Volume 1: History, Identity, Architecture and Sculpture by Isabel Azevedo Drouyer - 2016

Bangkok: White Lotus Press, 2016. Paperback. Very Good/no dj. 1.00. Drouyer, Isabel Azevedo & Rene. THE NAG AS - Memories of Headhunters - Indo-Burmese Borderlands - Volume 1' gives voice to the last protagonists of an almost vanished world. For the first time, former Naga headhunters and families talk extensively about their past, their fears and their hopes. Based on fieldwork and in-depth interviews conducted in Myanmar and on the Indian states of Nagaland, Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, this book gives a unique insight into the world of the Naga tribes and illustrates one of the last living examples of traditional culture.

White Lotus Press. 2016. Trade paperback. Fine.. 246 p. Includes: illustrations, bibliography. . This book gives voice to the last protagonists of an almost vanished world. For the first time, former Naga headhunters and families talk extensively about their past, their fears and their hopes. Based on fieldwork and in-depth interviews conducted in Myanmar and on the Indian states of Nagaland, Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh, this book gives a unique insight into the world of the Naga tribes and illustrates one of the last living examples of traditional culture. The mountain ranges situated between the far north-eastern part of India and the extreme northeast of Myanmar (Burma) house an incredible people of Tibeto-Burman origin, the Nagas. The number of tribes comprising the Nagas may vary among different scholars, but they are believed to include between 12 and 30 groups, with the major ones being the Angami, Ao, Lotha, Chakhesang, Konyak, Rengma, Sangtam, Yimchungru, Zeliangrong, Nocte, Phom,… Read More