| Show human sacrifice still prevalent in new guinea gu inea sacrifice of human beings to propitiate the spirits of wind and water was witnessed by a british patrol officer in papua according to his report recently submitted submitter submIt tes in port moresby the government has ordered that the rite cease the ofa said the rite Is traditional the victim may be either a man or it a woman and la Is always a member of another tribe found alone in tb the swamps to the accompaniment of dancing sinking singing and the beating of drums the victim Is killed and the body cut up with full ceremony some parts parti of the body are eaten others othera ar are preserved as trophies the upper part of the skull Is retained by th the chief and the lower jawbone Is to perquisite of his bis second in com command mandL with these trophies slung on corta cords round the necks of their leaders th raiders believe they cannot lose |
