I. (Cont.)
Chakmas are coming from Kailashahar, Sabrum, Udaypur. There are much less noises from their groups, it appears that they prefer moving in quiet contemplation, more observant and immersive with their surroundings than exerting. However, their women had a weakness for flowers as they were, from the beginning, latched onto the wildflowers' serene gravitas. Some of them plucked a few flowers. Chakmas are Buddhists.
From Dharmanagar and Kamalpur's directions are coming the Lusai and Kuki communities. These two have not much differences in terms of communal values; however in etiquettes and social norms, the Lusai, over the ages, have become somewhat disparate. There are even some Christian converts among them, some pursued academic education. The intolerant and unempathetic Lusai, regardless of some of them embracing the nurture of Christianity, have still not quite overcome the confusion of wildly different ideologies. The word Lusai come from Lu-chai: decapitator. Has it even been long since they were, in great enthusiasm, bringing heads of Bengalis and Monipuris to venerate the funeral rites of their deceased leaders? Now the padres are teaching them: "Love thy neighbours". The aspect where they diverged from the Kukis is daily clothing. Kuki women do not bother with covering their torsos; contrarily, the Lusai females are topped in, albeit scantily, clothes of their own weaving. Those clothes are aggressively red like the head of wild cocks. And then there are two or three young men who preferred the more civic clothes bestowed upon from the padres. Preference or obligation? Remains to be seen.
Coming are the Jamatiya, the Halam, the Nowatiya, the Mog. Munda— Vil— Garo— Khasia— Orang; many other tribes. From the forests and the hills- their sanctuary, they are wading out towards a common destination. Amongst them, the Halam and the Jamatiya are lacking the big number of women compared to others. The men are all armed, and instead of songs, battlecries are saturating the air from moment to moment. However, even they knew today is no day to be causing strife. Today is indeed a special one, festive.
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Nachtstücke Mk. 2 XIII / Ohne Titel III