Photographer Peter Bos documents India’s remote Konyak tribe, where face tattoos were given in exchange for enemy heads.
Photographer Peter Bos documents India's remote Konyak tribe, where face tattoos were given in exchange for enemy heads.
Photographer Peter Bos documents India’s remote Konyak tribe, where face tattoos were given in exchange for enemy heads.
Photographer Peter Bos documents India’s remote Konyak tribe, where face tattoos were given in exchange for enemy heads.
The tattoos were once a sign that a man in India's Konyak clan was a headhunter. A new book tells their story.
According to the beliefs of the Konyak tribe, every human head has power, and several decades ago this was taken quite seriously by the members of this
I’d always dreamed of meeting the Konyak tribe, better known as the headhunters, in the remote, tribal state of Nagaland in North East India but I honestly never really believed that it would happen and the thought of meeting tribal people, who until recently severed off the heads of enemies and intruders and proudly displayed them outside their houses, was frankly a little daunting!
About the blog: The Konyak Nagas or the Konyak tribe of Nagaland are an ethnic group known for their headhunting practices and facial tattoos. They were a
Photographer Peter Bos documents India’s remote Konyak tribe, where face tattoos were given in exchange for enemy heads.
Hello! I'm Victor I come from Poland and I'm 29 years old fashion model and travel blogger. I would like to share my photos and report from Nagaland where I met the last head hunters from Konyak tribe in Longwa and Hongphoi villages. I visited one of 16 Konyak tribes to perpetuate stories and culture that is slowly extinguishing from our reality.
According to the beliefs of the Konyak tribe, every human head has power, and several decades ago this was taken quite seriously by the members of this
Norwegian school student Christian Lindgren left school at 18 and headed out into the world in pursuit of adventures and to develop his love of photography.
Longwa Village is perched on the Indo-Myanmar border and is one of the villages that is home to some of the last surviving tattooed headhunters of Nagaland
Konyak Naga Men. “Tattoos on their faces signify that they have partaken in the practice of headhunting.” December 2014. Hornbill Festival, Nagaland.
In the past killing an enemy and bringing back their head was considered a rite of passage in the Konyak Naga tribe in Nagaland, India, and was rewarded by a tattoo on the face or the chest.
Longwa Village is perched on the Indo-Myanmar border and is one of the villages that is home to some of the last surviving tattooed headhunters of Nagaland
Despite their fierce reputation, the last generation of the Konyak headhunters is very friendly and hospitable. They are known for their dark history which plays a significant part of their identity and culture. Their tattooed faces are very striking.