explored headhunting and other practices of the Murut, Dusun Lotud, Iban, Berawan, Wana and Mappurondo tribes. Among these groups, headhunting was usually...
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The British Malayan headhunting scandal of 1952 was a political scandal involving senior British politicians, military leaders, and activists, including...
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Malayan Emergency (section Headhunting and scalping)
the headhunting had been exposed to the public, the Foreign Office first tried to deny it was in use, before then trying to justify Iban headhunting and...
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supply tourists and collectors of ethnographic items. The terms 'headhunting' and 'headhunting parties' come from this practice. Guns were usually what the...
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nominated for Best Documentary Series or Strand. Headhunting The Homeless at IMDb "BBC - Press Office - Headhunting the Homeless". "Broadcast - BBC Programme...
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refer to: Headhunting, hunting a human and collecting the severed head after killing them Executive search, informally called headhunting, a specialized...
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Dayak people (category Headhunting)
cutting edge for sharpness in a process called ngamboh (iron-smithing). In headhunting, it was necessary to be able to draw the parang quickly. For this purpose...
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establishment of a formal education system, and an end to the practice of headhunting. The resources of Taiwan were used to aid the development of Japan. The...
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Iban people (category Headhunting)
various ethnic groups in Borneo island. Ibans were renowned for practicing headhunting and territorial migration, and had a fearsome reputation as a strong...
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40 Commando RM is a battalion-sized formation of the British Royal Marines and subordinate unit within 3 Commando Brigade, the principal Commando formation...
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Iban culture (section Headhunting)
set of rules used in engaging in headhunting between the leader and his followers. A usual procedure of headhunting starts when a group of warriors agree...
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Asmat people (category Headhunting in New Guinea)
has reduced the occurrence of both mbai and papitsj.[citation needed] Headhunting raids were an important element of Asmat culture until missionaries suppressed...
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Ifugao people (section Headhunting)
one genitor. An Ifugao warrior with some of his trophies, circa 1912 Headhunting skulls collected as trophies during blood feuds, displayed at the Hiwang...
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Taiwanese indigenous peoples (category Headhunting)
enemies in customary headhunting expeditions.[citation needed] Every tribe except the Tao people of Orchid Island practiced headhunting, which was a symbol...
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of the Philippines specialized for beheading enemy combatants during headhunting raids. They are distinctively shaped, with concave or straight blades...
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suppression of headhunting, with his actions having the support of Woodford and the Western Pacific High Commission, who wanted to eradicate headhunting and complete...
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related practices found in some tribal societies are cannibalism and headhunting. Human sacrifice is also known as ritual murder. Human sacrifice was...
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Rukai people (section Headhunting)
informant in Wutai, Pingtung, the Rukai themselves did not practise headhunting, meaning they would specifically hunt their enemies' heads. Rather, when...
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Alan Winnington (16 March 1910 – 26 November 1983) was a British journalist, war correspondent, movie actor, anthropologist, and Communist activist, most...
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the original on 19 September 2012. Tikku, Aloke (19 January 2008). "Headhunting lesson: Get 'em as CIA does". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 16 January 2016...
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people are almost always presented as a warlike people known for their headhunting tradition and inter-village conflicts in the past, where the manufacture...
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forces, particularly in the Kapit Division. They temporarily revived headhunting of Japanese toward the end of the war, with Allied Z Special Unit provided...
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Several tribes of the Jivaroan group, including the Shuar, practised headhunting for trophies and headshrinking. The accounts of missionaries to the area...
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that of the United States itself. The practices of slavery, piracy and headhunting were suppressed but not entirely extinguished. A new educational system...
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Archived from the original on 12 February 2008. Walker, M.D. 2016. Headhunting: the distribution of deer in Great Britain. British Naturalist, 2:5–15...
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According to Barbara A. West, "The Samoans were also known to engage in 'headhunting', a ritual of war in which a warrior took the head of his slain opponent...
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in the 13th century. The people of Solomon Islands were notorious for headhunting and cannibalism before the arrival of the Europeans. The first European...
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New Georgia (category Headhunting)
suppression of headhunting, with his actions having the support of Woodford and the Western Pacific High Commission, who wanted to eradicate headhunting and complete...
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suppression of headhunting, with his actions having the support of Woodford and the Western Pacific High Commission, who wanted to eradicate headhunting and complete...
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suppress the still-widespread practices of inter-village warfare and headhunting within their respective territories. In 1905, the British government...
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