HUMAN SACRIFICE
ABANDONED BY HILL TRIBES
(United Press Association.—Copyright.) (Beceived I4th May, 8 a,m.)
CALCUTTA, 13th May. Xhe Government of Burma's expedition to the Naga billy country to secure the abandonment of slavery was successful in securing the abandonment of human sacrifices. Many large tribes and five hundred chiefs attended a conference, at which it was decided to sacrifice animals only in future. The chiefs gave the expedition officers 150 skulls of former victims as-evidence of their good intention. ■
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 112, 14 May 1927, Page 8
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79HUMAN SACRIFICE Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 112, 14 May 1927, Page 8
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