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MEN OF A MARAUDING NAGA TRIBE IN WAR TRIM |
SMILING BEAUTY OF THE WILDS |
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| The generic term of Naga is given to a series of hill tribes in north-east India, distinguished as using no weapons but the javelin and dao, or billhook. Little is known of them save that they were early worshippers of the serpent, whence they derive their name, "Naga." Formerly inveterate marauders, their attitude towards the dwellers in the plains is less hostile now | An acknowledged village belle, this Abor girl's youthful figure is muscularly developed by much arduous work. Like most Mongoloid peoples, the Abors smile in all circumstances |