{"id":2430,"date":"2012-04-01T01:25:28","date_gmt":"2012-03-31T21:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ratt.ru\/?p=2430"},"modified":"2012-09-09T21:52:48","modified_gmt":"2012-09-09T17:52:48","slug":"%d0%be-%d0%bd%d0%b0%d0%b3%d0%b0%d1%85-%d0%b8-%d0%bd%d0%b0%d0%b3%d0%b0%d0%b9%d0%bd%d0%b0%d1%85","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/en\/archives\/2430","title":{"rendered":"\/ Nags and Nagas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Pictures from the state of Manipur &#8211; with lots of rebels and abundance of military forces, trying to keep them in order.<br \/>\nThere are two major groups of people, living in the state &#8211; peoople of the plains, Meitei and some others. And the hill tribes &#8211; kuki, zo, paite, and several clans of nagas.<\/p>\n<p><em>Only pictures here. The main <a href=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/archives\/2430\">entry<\/a> is only available in Russian, sorry.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4739.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2430]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"The beautiful face of Manipur\" src=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4739.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><em>The beautiful face of Manipur<\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_5776.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2430]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Hard to believe, the price of gasoline here is 200 Rupees (about 7 USD) per liter\" src=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_5776.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><em>Hard to believe, the price of gasoline here is 200 Rupees (about 7 USD) per liter &#8211; too many people still drive, not ride oxes<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4673.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2430]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Pakhangba, an intricately bent Uroboros of Manipur\" src=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4673.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><em>Pakhangba, an intricately bent Uroboros of Manipur<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4676.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2430]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"And here is the temple, dedicated to him\" src=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4676.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><em>And here is the temple, dedicated to him<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4668.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2430]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"A giant cinema - 'Machucinema'\" src=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4668.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><em>A giant cinema &#8220;Machucinema&#8221; built in the middle of nowhere &#8211; in the countryside<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4703.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2430]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Winnowing the grain\" src=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4703.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><em>Classic style of grain winnowing<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4737.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2430]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Not too happy about going back to school, even though on top of a school bus\" src=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4737.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><em>Not too happy about going back to school, even though on top of a school bus.<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_5746.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2430]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Dustbin is how people from other states described Manipur to us\" src=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_5746.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><em>Dustbin is the byword for Manipur in the opinion of many people from the outside &#8211; this actually was the only one we found)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4600.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2430]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"A picket on the road\" src=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><em>A picket on the road<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4594.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2430]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Armored car of CRPF\" src=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4594.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><em>Armored car of CRPF, Central Reservce Police Forces<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4602.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2430]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Headquarters of battalion 109, CRPF\" src=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4602.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><em>Headquarters of battalion 109, CRPF, a special unit for controlling the insurgents<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4601.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2430]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Battalion 109 urges you to plant a tree\" src=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4601.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><em>An unexpected side of activities of an anti-insurgents police unit<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4622.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2430]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Military wedding band\" src=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4622.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><em>Military wedding band<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4740.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2430]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"A fancy rifle belt from Versase'\" src=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4740.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><em>A fancy rifle belt from Versase on a militant village dweller<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4754.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2430]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Roma questioning a young local politic\" src=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4754.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><em>Roma questioning a young local politic<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4759.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2430]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"A chess tournament in the village\" src=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4759.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><\/a><em>A chess tournament in the village &#8211; hard to imagine anything like this in the tribal villages of Arunachal<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4767.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[2430]\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"Aso defeating me in Chinese checkers\" src=\"https:\/\/ratt.ru\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/IMG_4767.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><em>Aso defeated me in Chinese checkers<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pictures from the state of Manipur &#8211; with lots of rebels and abundance of military forces, trying to keep them in order. 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