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An excerpt from ‘Voices from the Lost Horizon: Stories and Songs of the Great Andamanese’, brought together by linguist Anvita Abbi. 12 hours ago Riala, a member of the Great Andamanese Aka-Kede tribe, who worked as an interpreter between the northern Great Andamanese tribes and the British authorities. | Background: Jakub Michankow / CC BY 2.0; Riala: Maurice Vidal Portman / Public Domain
On the Christmas afternoon of 2006, Nao visited me again, accompanied by his son and, to my surprise, volunteered to narrate a new story of Juro, the headhunter. I shelved my linguistic work and sat down with my notebook. He instructed me, to my amusement, to switch on the recorder. He wanted in return a gift of a mobile phone. I promised to present him one and I kept my promise.
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