Over a hundred years ago the Naga became notorious as headhunters and were stylized as wild warriors by the West. But how do the Naga see themselves today as a multifaceted and, in part, modern, urban society? How do they talk about their past as feared headhunters? And why were skull trophies so important?

In view of the respective exhibition area in the Humboldt-Forum the installation "Headhunters’ Paradise" opens up the most diverse perspectives on the cultural phenomenon of headhunting, using films, photos, sound recordings, texts and objects: an old Naga warrior tells of his experiences, a woman adorns herself with jewelry, two researchers and a clergyman talk about headhunting as a cultural phenomenon, and men on the village street talk about the meaning of particular artifacts.

A project by Roland Platz, Luxoom Medienprojekte and Andrea Rostásy.