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hed muhn

  • n  an executioner who beheads the condemned person
  • n  the head of a tribe or clan

  • Roll forward to 1952, and a local headman falls into a trance, has a vision and announces that God has told him the Mizos are the lost tribe.
  • Nadar Singh, the village headman, says there have been some 20 cancer-related deaths during the last five years in Jhajjal, a village of only 3,200.
  • The villagers say their own headman, and those of neighboring hamlets, are not on their side.
News & Articles

  • Public Log 6/2
    BRUSH FIRE --- The Provo Fire Department is calling a small brush fire that started in the river bottoms suspicious. Jeremy Headman with the Provo Fire Department said the fire was contained q…
    July 2, 2013 - Provo Daily Herald
  • Provo police: small brush fire in river bottoms suspicious
    PROVO -- The Provo Fire Department is calling a small brush fire that started in the river bottoms suspicious. Jeremy Headman with the Provo Fire Department said the fire was contained quickly…
    July 1, 2013 - Provo Daily Herald

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