HUMAN SACRIFICES
ABOLISHED IN BURMA
(Elce.,Tol. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.. CALCUTTA, May 12.
The (iovernment’s Burma expedition to the Xaga hilly country to secure file abandonment of slavery was successful in securing the abandonment of human sacrifices. ' Many tribes and SCO chiefs attended the 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 good intentions.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16340, 14 May 1927, Page 14
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76HUMAN SACRIFICES Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16340, 14 May 1927, Page 14
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