India's last headhunter warriors sever the past, fret over future

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Once, the way to get ahead among India’s Konyak warriors was by chopping off an enemy’s skull. Today, the last survivors of a bygone era mourn the changing times and a new generation they see as soft. Konyak is a small but fierce and respected warrior community in northeastern India’s Nagaland state. The Konyaks were the last to give up the age-old practice of severing enemies’ heads in this remote region, half a century ago.

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