They Eat Everything!! The India You’ve Never Seen Before!!

good morning, good morning, I'm so excited to talk to you because you have one of the most unique foods I've ever

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, there's a white, bubbly outer layer, you take the lid off and then you put your hand inside, oh my gosh. . This is a very dangerous food when it comes to food. India is one of the countries with the greatest variety in the world. In the north you will find classics like tandoori chicken. In the south you will discover crunchy and delicious dosas. The best Dosa I have ever tasted, but Indian food can also include this, my goodness, although you won't find it represented in any international Indian restaurant.

In India you can find food like curried rat soup made with guinea pigs or even wasp larvae. the creepiest thing I've ever

seen

But even though foods like this exist here, most mainland Indians would be surprised to see that the mineral would reject them all together. People in northern India are curious about the insect. a little apprehensive um, what do

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come here to see foreign things? What do you do when you go hunting and get too many squirrels and rats? Well, you do this, you mummify them. This section of the country. Right here it is known as the northeast region.

The area constitutes eight percent of India and is made up of eight states. The treasures of your hunt. Your reward. What have you achieved? Here you will discover societies that are completely different from the rest of mainland India. Delicious. I don't want people and tribes with different appearances, cultures, religions and most of all, people with very different foods, we can start with tapioca, okay, yes, it is a little overcooked, it is supposed to be overcooked, yes, it is Well, why don't

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just call it cooked, though like the country people in Assam eat? The pork and mutton people are crazy about pork in Assam at the moment and said why they haven't tried it before, but they also supplement their diet with a variety of insect species, from woodworms, they are very tasty to pupae of silkworms, not at this time.

I don't even have eyes like what is this anymore? Can you eat it like this? Yes, really, in the capital of Assam you will find delicious savory curries made hearty with some pigeon meat. Spicy pigeon curry is good medicine for cold and flu, but you. I'll feel better, I think after this, okay, I think you need to have some pigeon races, yes, in the state of Nagaland there are no limits on what is okay to eat, so anything goes, yes, dog meat, yes cat yes of course the protein options available here include dog cat. rat or these guys, guinea pigs sold fresh at the local market, when was the last time you prepared guinea pigs since yesterday?

Oh wow, this is fantastic. I feel like I'm in a different world right now and I'm really enjoying it, then there's India. The most controversial food is beef, banned or regulated in 20 of the 28 states, but here in the Kohima Mountains we have stumbled upon a once-in-a-lifetime celebration, a feast expected to feed up to 5,000 people to attend the event here on this mountain, Far Far. From any other town or city, a celebration where dozens of cows will be sacrificed. The killing method here is to shoot the animal with a rifle. India is a tremendously diverse country with strong opinions about which way of life is the right way of life.

Like, oh, you've done it. these kinds of things you eat these kinds of things like how do you survive naturally this leads to disagreements if it were up to you nagaland would be completely independent it must happen and people in some parts of this country do not feel accepted by the mainstream If we are going to mainland India, sometimes they discriminate us as Chinese, Japanese or whatever, they themselves did not claim us as one of them, we feel dishonored, so we don't feel like we are in them in this series. I have a mission to learn. more about a region of India that few know or understand because if this land is India, then this and this and this are Indian food.

It all starts here in the bustling capital of Assam. We are starting our day at the Ujon fish market. This place is packed and busy. and here we have a lot of unique fish like this look at the nose of this thing it has a bigger snout than me oh I have fish in my jacket this morning let's take a look at the market and see what kind of unique fish Seafood we can find then we'll get them we're going to eat we're going to look for vendors here money they prepare their stalls before the sun rises with enough luck they sell out before mid-morning we're looking for the biggest fish we can find in the market starting with a giant tall tea right here , my man noticed that I was cutting this thing, scaling it with this amazing round knife, our first purchase is a chitol, they are known as some of the best freshwater fish in this region, famous for their sweet and juicy meat, few vendors I see another giant treasure that wouldn't get a second glance from where I come from in the US, the Korean hill fish as it is known locally, you may know it as the common carp, this is my satisfying man right here.

They both have fantastic hair. I want to point out that you have good hair, but so do I. Did you know they got this big? It's like a shark. I was very surprised by the price of this fish. I thought maybe I don't know. 60 50 dollars. 163 dollars but it's worth it because inside you already know what has big and juicy intestines, we are going to tear them off and eat them very soon from here, after collecting all our fish parts, it seems that we are heading to the hotel in fish. like a place where fish would sleep or shellfish would have a night.

It's not like our fresh seafood is cooked here. This is the Trishul hotel due to a linguistic misunderstanding during the British occupation of India. Hotel here can also mean restaurant and in this restaurant our two giant fish will be transformed into two plates of asami today we will eat with our hands, right, we have to eat with our hands because people in Assam love to eat with their hands, today I'm joined by Shamalima, a local foodie who shares his foodie finds on social media, but not always with fanfare, we'll soon find out why soon the first deep-fried fish fillets of both fish are marinated with salt and turmeric.

If you're expecting the usual Indian Masala onslaught of 20 powerful spices, well, don't be. this hotel this is all they use and this seemingly un-Indian minimalist approach is a defining trait of amazing cuisine that could rival KFC's skin crunch, it's extremely crunchy, highly textured, light and flavor based the ones you want to eat some chilies with. the fried fish um is that what you're doing no, if you want, yes, I will, if you do, yes, I would, I would love to, it's a little, it's a little spicy, my throat hurts too, that was a bad idea, um.

What I love about it is that the fish is very fatty, it's rich, there's nothing cloudy, it tastes heavy and oily, but it tastes delicious, which separates Assam from the rest of the country. India is a Hindu majority country, the majority of the population here is vegetarian and not. -Vegetarians strictly avoid beef and insects, but that's what makes salmon from other northeastern states contrast with the rest of the continent. A farm has a really diverse culture. It has the largest number of tribes here than any other state in India. It's not just a psalm. influenced by its own diverse population, but also draws inspiration from neighboring Asian countries such as Thailand and China, so a psalm in its cuisine is very different from internationally known iconic Indian dishes, such as our next dish, fried rice with intestines First, the flavor base, fried dried chilies. onion, garlic, turmeric and salt now simply add the carp intestines, mix well and let them soak in all that flavour, finally add rice.

Vision design is one of the most loved Deli Casino. This is a gut, where does it end where does it begin? he's looking in the eyes, okay, here we go, I need some water, I too have a real personality, he has a lot of flavor, literally, inside, he's like a playdough of soft intestinal belongings. I can't believe this is also a intestine I have to take a bite of this, well this one is big and chewy, it's almost like a squid. I like the texture. What bothers me is what's inside. Usually, it's what's inside that counts.

This is not the case, tell me a little. more about you I have been in Guwahati for about 15 years. I am dedicated to content creation full time. I'm focusing mainly on northeastern food. I want to show it to the world. That's what I love to do. I consider India to be a very nationalistic country. People are very proud of the content you make about food here. How are people receiving it in other parts of India? Are they open-minded about it? People are critical because in northeast India people love to eat pork. Is that something you're trying to struggle with? against yes, yes, but I have to work on it a little more, right, this is a great breakfast, we have a lot more to see, let's do it after leaving the fish hotel we checked in here, who had prepared quick where they serve the perfect union between classic Chinese and Indian food.

I am very curious about your restaurant because I have been to India many times before but I have

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tried Chinese chow mein. Chow Mein literally means fried noodles. Its infinite variations are loved around the world here in one song. Oh Mr Borah turned his chow mein shop into a neighborhood staple. People come to Oliver just to try Charming on his face. He opened this place in 1987. Saturday in September, yes, September 4th at first. It started as a Cut and after Cut it grew to reach this restaurant today oh fantastic, it's a real success story. I love it for you.

What is the secret to good chow mein? Sauté the pepper and onion first and then give the oil time to extract them. flavors, it's all about vegetables, like if you put fresh vegetables in the chow mein next. Sliced ​​mountain cabbage and carrot. It's finally time for the noodles to come together. Hit this huge pile of food with a little flavor in the form of salt, black pepper, and foreign soy sauce. 's Best Charming is technically complete, you can eat it like this or you can wrap it, fry an egg and roti together on the tawa until they come together into a tasty entity, add a mixture of cabbage, carrot, onion and capsicum. noodles and then cubed chicken, I've had chow mein and I've had roti, but having them together is just great, just the outside already looks so delicious the roti with the egg wrapped around it, there are little crunchy bits around it, oh man egg super greasy, super spongy. you get a little bit of crunchy texture or the vegetables.

I love it. The chicken is delicious. It tastes like soy sauce. It tastes like monosodium glutamate. Put a little red on it. It looks like neon ketchup. It's so bright it almost looks like a sweet and sour sauce, which is great. In contrast to this very greasy salty food, I'm looking at the menu now, it looks like it costs between one and two dollars and there are a lot of high quality ingredients here, the chicken, there are eggs, I think I saw some caviar just now. It heads for one of the most confusing Quake bites in India.

It's called Pita. These long looking white cigars are pizza, but this brown one is also pizza. So what does pizza mean? It can be sweet but it can also be salty. It can look like a pancake, a donut or a dumpling, so it can take any shape, it can take any shape, it can be round, yes, it could be a cube, no, no, it's not cute, could it be a parallelogram? Are these street food vendors serving a two-peso pita here? Our round pizza is deep. fried sweet dough dough made by mixing sticky rice paste and joggeti jagadi is a local type of cane sugar with molasses flavor, once the dough turns from pale white to a delicious dark golden brown, it is ready to eat, want open it, oh yeah. doughy inside crispy outside like a golden shell oh yes the sugars get so crunchy huh otherwise it's very dense in the middle.

I enjoy it a lot, so this is more of a dessert or more of a snack, it's more of a type of snack we have this with tea, let's jump to this our golden pita starts with a thin layer of sticky rice powder this is stuck on what's inside from here is tobacco here we have grass not Sesame and brown sugar, black sesame, that's great. I guess finally roll it up tight and enjoy it, eh, then the outside is like powder, that makes it a little drier as you eat it. I have one more solution for this, you can just dip it in your tea, give it a bit of a sauce which is a good idea, oh yes much better, as soon as you put it in the equipment it starts to break down again.

Oreo cookie so you can taste the sweet Integrity inside and the black sesame. Very good in India. There are people who travel to northeast India. yeah, not so much in the past no, they used to think that nuts aren't part of it, we eat like ants and that kind of thing, so it's true that I used toThey had to open it to get something out. What did they take away from this pupil when you boil it and then it stays inside? It's not bad, but you have to pick it up, take it out, so it's okay if you eat it raw. it actually smells good it smells cooked exactly in a minute yes come on wow it's got a little bit of egg in it it's really good I can eat this there's not a ton of spice it just tastes like a little bit of spice something a little spicy and a little salt on the outer layers Chewy, although yes, it is still a little chewy and thick and then the inside is soft.

How often do you eat Pupa once a week? It's actually a weekly market near my house. The village ladies come there and bring this particular thing. around there but I

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buy it today I'm going to have it now you live in the city how often do you come to the Village to see your family once a year only once a year so from here I'm really interested in meeting you. your relative because they also have a unique food there and another insect creature that I have never tried before in my life, right, and I tried many farms in the city of Solona.

Come on, we took a handsome Swift where she and Padma's cousin spread out. family lives through marriage podman's family is a mix of Rob Hall and Carby today they will sacrifice a goat to welcome Padma and honor our arrival with an invitation sent to neighbors and friends in the form of floating roast meats, This goat will soon become four different dishes, but let's not forget the reason we came here. We have a multitude of water beetles. I have never eaten a water beetle in my life as a child growing up in the countryside. We had a boy.

The pool in mid-summer was green and full of these things, but back then I never thought about eating them, now I'm not thinking about eating them either. This is just one. Of the more than 2,000 species of aquatic beetles that exist around the world, these particular types are found in smaller bodies of water, such as lakes or ponds, they are basically complementary when going fishing. I love praise, so when people are fishing they see some bugs they just met. that's wild I mean it's super efficient you'll get as much protein as possible and if you don't catch any fish well you can still eat bugs these aquatic beetles are in their final adult stage and the good news is they're pretty much available All year round your nails match the insect quite well.

I didn't plan that, yes, the same palette, but you personally haven't eaten this before, no, I haven't, are you up for it today? I'm back guys, this is Indian. food

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n food our first goat dish will come in the form of goat curry, but instead of bubbling away in a giant cauldron, this curry is cooked inside bamboo tubes and starts with pieces of meat of seasoned goat. and onion, chili, ginger, garlic, salt, cinnamon, cardamom and curry leaves. Fill this mixture into a bamboo tube before cooking it over a direct flame.

The bamboo is loosely sealed with leaves and then roasted until the cooked meat looks impressive. Is this a special occasion? coming here is a special occasion there with traditional attire. I wish my parents thought it was a special occasion when I stopped by. We have a massive party right here, we have a lot of food and then here we have a member of his family who lives in this village this is the goat that was cooked inside the bamboo it's like a way of braising the meat it's steamed and boiled and it gets soft for hours oh I feel bad, it's greasy, it smells wild and like lamb, but it also smells like Curry, oh yes, the meat is so tender, it's very delicious, a beautiful mix of seasonings, Masala is just right and spicy, it's spicy.

Do you feel that people eat more spices here in the countryside or in the city? I think it's the same thing, although I feel that way. this is just pure meat here it's a completely different story our second course includes goat intestines for a little more flavor, mixed with a touch of goat blood and other goat organs that have been cut into unrecognizable pieces and then boil with a little. of salt in another pan fry the onions in mustard oil add chilli, ginger and salt before inviting in the organ meats it's kind of a grab bag, you don't know exactly what you're getting I'm just going to get a big protein ball and split them up one for one, let's find out.

I think it might be one, it's also very spongy, but I think this is stomach, what do you think of this stomach? Okay, fantastic, oh yes, a very different texture, chewy and crunchy at the same time. time and I must say it's no game, but there's so much spice out there it's really a spider, you're making a face, it's too much spice. I think it's too much for me now, so maybe it's spicier in the country, yeah, I think so. so, apart from a delicious dish of goat head, I'm really looking forward to trying these crispy black bugs.

I know you really like insects, you don't even eat goat, a dish that everyone at the table seems to have their eyes on. Can you ask him why? He doesn't like goats He doesn't like the smell of lamb but he likes it It has a crunchy, fatty taste Before they are ready to eat The live insects The wings are released from their bodies Their wings and nails are made of the same things and it's not really nice. Now the beetles are ready to fry in mustard oil with a little salt along with the extra giant aquatic insect that unfortunately swam into the wrong nut.

We have a variety of insects. I'm going to save this big one for You're okay, but first we should try these, the water beetles cooked wonderfully, they are shiny, they shine just a little like a bug paste inside, but not super runny, not like what we ate today, this It's very manageable, actually. I mean these are even better than grasshoppers between the fat, salt and crunch. It is very similar to popcorn. It is a water insect. They taste like apple. I have tried this many times in my life before. Here is a foreign example exactly. It's your first time. experience it yes it has a bit of a fruity taste yes overall are you glad you tried it or is it disgusting?

I won't eat it again. What I find so interesting and peculiar here is that you are both cousins, your family. They are related, but it seems like their lives couldn't be more different. They only live an hour apart. Yes, they are in the city and she lives here in the village, continuing these old traditions. Do you like village life? More than the busy and bustling city, she likes the town, what do you like about the town?, the agriculture she does and the animals she does for you. How do you feel when you come here? The air is fresher and of course the people are friendlier.

So what? preventing you from moving into Opportunity. Do you appreciate some of the customs that are still maintained here? Yes, yes, in fact, my mother is very strict about when we go to occasions, we only wear traditional clothing. You know, there are many people like you, motivated young people in search. opportunities and that is why more and more people leave the town, but one day, if everyone goes to the city, there is nothing to return to. I was worried like a few years ago, but then I have seen this new wave of preserving culture, even the youngest.

I see that they are very passionate about their own culture, they are promoting it online everywhere. Oddly enough, technology is a way for people to preserve culture and advance it. I want to thank everyone, thank you, you're welcome. To reach the iconic and macabre Mao market of India, I have traveled here, to the land of Nagaland, it is an Indian state located in the northeast of India, but the language, people, culture and food are completely different to

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you'll find in the On the continent, this is the creepiest thing I've ever seen, it's like a science fiction movie when someone is making a clone of themselves and it's not finished yet.

Next, I'm on a mission to experience the farthest foods in this country and understand why. people eat this one, oh god it's so tough, it's so chewy because of the newly hatched insect species, oh look how active this is for an Indian white rat medicinal suit. I think someone forgot to chip that dirt. The journey begins here, we have come to Mao. Market complex, this place has everything and many things that I have never seen before insects, rats, animals larger than what you might have as house pets. My goal here is to explore the market, see what kind of unique foods they have, and pick out a few that we can.

Actually we will cook and eat later, let's start open every day from dawn. Mile Market is a bustling hub here in Nagaland's capital city, Kohima, a city of nearly half a million built on the Rolling Hills. The market is mainly run by tribal women who bring their own unique ingredients from the surrounding regions, from ingredients such as fresh produce to unusual local products. Delights like these guys, are they going to bite me? No, no, they are very cute in Vietnam. I have had gray rats or brown rats. Honestly I have never seen white rats on the market, usually white rats, you would see them in a scientific laboratory doing experiments to see if shampoo would kill them, that kind of thing here you are selling white rats for consumption, is there a reason why ? people prefer white rats actually white red is one that we use as medicine yes, and what kind of disease can the rat help yes of course yes she doesn't like that no he just wants to be put a vaccine.

Meet Aunt Alibu, she is my host and soon I will be our cook right now. I'll join her as she gathers some ingredients for today's Naga-inspired meal. When was the last time you ate rat meat two days ago? Actually yes, it is quite common. Yes, how much do rats cost? 250. This supplier of fresh live rats has been in business for less than a year, where do they come from? Voila, it's become a regular go-to spot for locals, particularly locals looking to cure their beers by eating foods they believe have profound healing properties. Actually, these rats come from the farm, apart from these white rats, their inventory includes other species of rodents, here we have guinea pigs.

I literally feel like I'm in a pet store right now, but all these animals eat them, so is it treated the same way? same diseases and ailments most people like this guinea pig herpes it costs 600 rupees okay its more than double the price but if they both do the same thing why would people buy the guinea pig Why is guinea pig tastier than bamboo? rat yes, they are quite expensive because it is very difficult to find the bamboo rats that we get only in the jungle, how does a bamboo rat help someone's health? We cut off the head and then the patients with asthma, those who have breathing problems, are taken away. fresh blood for a medicine, yes, wow, yes, several white rats, guinea pigs and a bamboo rat, believe it or not, these animals will be the centerpiece of today's meal for this, oh my goodness, with our shopping list half complete, we delve deeper into the market to get more.

I'm intrigued by this state because I know the diet is very different from anywhere else in India, but frankly different from anywhere else in the world when it comes to the food in Nagaland, when it comes to the animals, is there anything that is not okay to eat? as such anything goes yes dog meat yes cats yes of course despite what you see here the main diet in kohima includes pork chicken fish and lamb most exotic foods here, like white rats, they are believed to carry medicinal properties with them, even the dog. The meat is recommended for those recovering from injuries.

You've eaten dog meat before. Yes, of course, I often eat dog meat. Dog meat is very valuable to the Naga people, especially sportsmen such as athletes. Yes, if you eat dog meat, they become stranger. You know, one of the big controversies surrounding dog meat is how it is obtained. You know, in some places maybe they grow it, but in some countries people go pick up dogs on the street, yes, and then they kill them and eat them. The dogs that people eat here, yes. Are they farm raised or do people just grab them off the streets?

Most of the dogs are imported from outside Nagaland. Okay, for example, from Assam, but have you ever heard of a dog? Farm, no, no dogs. Farm, no, what are some of the other animals? eat in nagaland wild deer wild boar Are there monkeys around here? Yes, of course, there are too. If I. Oh, so there really is no limit. Yes. Why do you think people eat so many different types of animals? Wild animals are so valuable to us. They have different tastes and different effects Yes, centuries ago the Naga were once warriors Their way of life was mainly based on hunting wild animals The love and pride for hunting still remains deep in the Naga DNA to this day , at least for today, some of the most extreme proteins forpets won't be on our shopping list, but this could be here.

We have another animal that I haven't seen yet. This is a wood worm. Yes, they look like a coconut worm, but longer and a little thinner. It actually has a peculiar smell ah it's a little floral maybe a little pollen like it's hard to put my finger on it exactly well I'm putting two fingers on one right now this is huge they can bite yes oh my god woodworms are found in the wood dead From the fallen trees they are red, they are thick and fat, they have a huge head and a giant jaw, they are larvae that eat wood and aspired to become beetles one day.

Instead, here their life cycle is shortened when these sticky guys are thrown into a pot. of hot oil and fried they don't move as much anymore it's something you ate growing up not after I shut my teenager down when you were young yes, they scared you yes yes I was sleeping in fear, okay, so it took me some time to build up the courage to try it, yes, let's go for it, okay, yes, yes, something chewy, a big stream in the middle and it has a very peculiar aroma, a fragrance that rises through the nose, what is it?

It's like a small flowering, It tastes a little like soap yes, you agree, yes, and it's delicious, in fact, that's what it is, yes, it tastes a little like dishwashing detergent, but it's not bad, this is a good starter worm. I wouldn't immediately recommend that huge worm, but this one if you're just starting out with worms, it's a good start, worm before you leave the market. Aunt Alibu introduces me to a seller who sells one of the most expensive but strange buggies on this market. Good morning, good morning, she hears she, she knows a full-time marketer and a part-time Naga influencer when she is.

She's not selling hits from unknowns from Nagaland, she's parked in front of a camera, gnoming her own recipes for one of the most extravagant mukbangs on YouTube. I'm so excited to talk to you because you have some of the most unique food I've ever seen. life I think these are wasp nests, right, that's cool, a majestic creature with its dark, piercing eyes and black-gold stripes that evoke awe and a touch of fear. This is a Nagaland hornet known for its large size and powerful, pain-inducing stinger. If this thing You will have fever for one, two and three days.

This is a very dangerous food. Luckily, these are premature hornets. Within days or more of emerging as fully mature adults, there is a white, bubbly outer layer. He takes off the lid and then reaches inside and grabs the hornet. by the head although she seems a little scared of the jaw oh look what activates this oh and that's the larva yes and this is a middle age it's like half larva half hornet it's on its way to becoming a hornet it looks like Neo from The Matrix when he was in that big bubbly tube and never had to come out, that's how these are usually harvested during the second week of November before the Hornet larvae can completely metamorphosed and distinct, happy adult, how do you sell them?

Here, why is it so expensive? It is so difficult to discover and, in fact, the rich take it. Can I tell you something today? Yes, we are the rich. This tempting delicacy is prepared by dropping newborn hornets directly into hot oil and add a pinch of salt to taste and voila these are giants and they still have their eyes and their heads let's do it health health delicious it's very big quite crunchy oily a bit like to a grasshopper but it's like four grasshoppers in one very big one but it doesn't taste bad just really crunchy and salty I like it try a little more thank you oh you're so generous considering the whole Nest is about fifty dollars each of these it should cost about a dollar yes, per bite yes, I'm curious if there are any health benefits that come with the Hornet or are they just delicious, any illnesses, sugar patients, diabetic patients, what about the prostate cancer?

This is a wooden giant, let's try to try them, they are ready to eat, I know I'm not ready to eat, that's a problem, actually, they are not available in the market only during the season you will understand well, yes, oh god, It's so chewy, it's so big that it already has my teeth printed on it, they're cold, it's not drippy, but it's sticky inside, I hope you like it, I have to be. Honestly, it actually tastes pretty good, it's not bitter, it's a little bit eggy, it has a nice flavor, but the texture, the outer skin is very leathery and thick and then the inside is like a thick paste, so now I'm cured of cancer.

That's what happened. Thank you so much. you have a treasure trove of unique animal treats here stop putting out new bowls okay this is the place where you found it with the Hornets Hornets for a not so typical shopping list it's time to trade the chaos of the market for Tranquility of a Naga traditional house Some places in India can match the stunning unique design of a Naga traditional house. They are a true testament to the ingenuity and ingenuity of the Naga people. Wood and bamboo woven together and adorned with prices from past successful hunts. Welcome. to Alibu's house wow, this is a welcome drink yes, Alibu's nephew David will be joining us, we were just at the market.

Alebu said this is very good for asthma. Where is your glass? I don't have any glasses made by mixing bamboo rat blood with whiskey. This reddish color. The liquid is believed to be a precious medicinal concoction. My uncle has asthma and takes it quite frequently. Yes, have you ever tried this before? Should we try it? Yes, cheers, yes, oh, it tastes like whiskey, do you know the blood? I taste like iron, yes. you're right you need a Diet Coke no I'm fine I'm fine yeah hell yeah I'm really curious about this place we are in now this is a traditional Naga house the kitchen is huge and every angami house It's the kitchen. plays the most important part in our house, you got me people, one of the main tribes of Nagaland has a rich culture and way of life, this is how we preserve our meat, so during Christmas we cut a lot of meat, we can't eat everything, so that we cut it into strips and then hang it above the fire as an agrarian community.

They are experts at weaving and wood carving and have a strong connection to the land, but it is their hunting prowess that best demonstrates their ability to survive in the wild while hiking. in I saw a row of skulls, they look like monkey skulls, yes, it is Ola hunted and these are all decorations that have been there for more than 25 years, 30 years, so we have deer antelope, deer, there is a leopard skull here at the side of hornbill skulls. Really yes, someone hunted a leopard, killed it and you ate it, yes, we hunted sacred cows here, or at least it was directly related to status, which shows bravery and courage, in the old days we had no money, everything was It was about the system, its position. and society will increase if you prove that you are a better hunter than most, but as modernization spreads across this remote land, the human population increases and the animal population decreases, we witness a glorious past told only through relics of successful hunts added. the walls of this house are under construction and everyone is pitching in today aunt alabu is serving four Naga style dishes the fire is on it's time to work first clean up the rodents including white rats, guinea pigs and bamboo rats, Light a torch and scrape away any burnt remains.

The pieces remove the organs and tails and cut the meat from here, the white rat will become part of a soup, simply heat your favorite rat pot, add water, salt, ginger and the rat meat, then boil for a few 30 minutes together with the bamboo rat and the guinea. The pigs are prepared in curry in a pot of boiling water. Our host carefully adds the right proportion of salt, chili powder, fresh ginger and the meat is cooked until the protein absorbs all the spicy broth. While we wait for dinner, it's time for an unusual snack. hello sir hello, I saw this earlier in Assam there was a gentleman who had a silkworm farm so you grew worms and then you made cocoons and then you used the cocoon for silk and then he ate the pupa so he could eat the worms because then he wouldn't would have silk, but here we are eating worms, the preparation is simple in a steaming pot, add bamboo shoot water and ginger, then the worms cook it and then add some heat with King chilies and dried scallions. let's go with this, we have a delicious drink, this is sticky rice beer, oh yes, that's good, although I like that kind of fermented taste, the worm is a little cooled now it's chewy, a little pointy on the outside.

I see the head, it is somewhat flattened. maybe all the juices inside have leaked out, yeah try it, it has a thick skin, but it's also a hairy feeling, like when I used to practice kissing my arm in high school, a little hair, but no I tried to ignore it . Do you ever practice kissing on the arm? I prefer, oh yeah, it's not always available to me. I can taste the spices, but it's interesting because the broth has probably permeated the skin, gone through the skin, so the inside when it squirts out. small worm juices somewhat spicy and tasty you like it very spicy and very spicy to keep us company while we drink you know what interests me so much about nagaland is partly because of how different it is from the rest of India do people here like it Does it matter?

Mainstream India, do you consider what other Indians think about what happens in Nagaland or how people eat in Nagaland? Actually, you don't see it. The thing is, we are certainly part of India, but everything else is different. Our eating habits are different. Our customs are different. Religion is different, so when it comes to eating habits, I don't think Nagas really care what other people say. We like the food we have and we enjoy the food we have with our rodent-related soups and curries. Cooking concludes with the hornet larvae completely removed from their nest and placed in a boiling pot of water with just the right amount of salt.

Ginger, fresh bamboo shoots and green chilies. This is a culinary experience not to be missed, OMG you have outdone yourself. All this, yes, no, it helps, no, oh, did you help her a little? I thought I saw you help her. I feel like she's taking all the credit right now by joining our meal. David's sister, a nuo, you've cooked all these meals before, yes, of course. But, David, have you eaten all these foods before? No guinea pig is new. Albino mice. The rat is new. And this too. I've tried the Hornet before, but I'm curious to try the larva.

Wow, like a thick paste inside, a little spicy. I can taste. a little bit of Ginger oh oh my god I'm sorry it's just this is the creepiest thing I've ever seen in my life it's like a sci-fi movie when someone is making a clone of themselves and it's not finished yet that's it what could very well be. Eat it well, yes, a little less doughy, slightly more crunchy, like the exoskeleton was forming, it was baking in the oven but not quite finished. What do you think is good? It's very sweet. Yes, you are doing everything you can to keep it together.

Right now, isn't it? David's sister grew up in this town, but as someone from the younger generation hasn't tried many of these dishes, I think we should prepare for the white rat, but here we have the guinea pig, a guinea pig where. I am one of them. We see them as a pet and they make cute sounds. They run and have a lot of anxiety but not anymore. Finally, these guinea pigs are at peace. I have a piece here that looks like a rib and a front leg. The skin is thick. The meat looks juicy. I can just peel it. bones okay here we go oh yeah my first impression is that it tastes like dark greasy chicken like a KFC thigh yeah yeah thigh right guys? down a little yes here we have the skates with a little meat attached the skin is very greasy and gelatinous and the flavors are quite pleasant the seasonings are a little spicy it is a little fresh I am fascinated with this dish albino rat soup, let's go for this Oh my goodness, I think someone forgot to chop that one, which is literally a whole rat, so here we have a delicious rat broth.

If we give it a little bit, it's very good. I wish I could stay the same. I like a lot. it's a little smoky it has collagen it's fatty it's almost like a chicken broth with a little bit of roast flavor yes yes it takes a little meat oh yes the back legs are quite muscular I think there's a lot of meat back here I want to try to squeeze some out. I have a quad right here for me. It tastes pretty clean, neutral, maybe a little sweet, oily, definitely oily, nothing playful, nothing too intense, it's pretty neutral, nothing that reminds you that it's a rat, well, almost nothing that reminds you. which is red except for the visual yes, did you try any of the meat?

Great for you, do you feel healthier? Yes, I'm a little curious. She said that she had cooked it before, while you two had never tried it before. Is it so that the The new generation is moving away from some of these more exotic meats personally. I spend a lot of time outdoors in mainland China. Yeah, okay, so you really developed yourtaste for the outside so I'm not very adventurous when it comes to food but my sister and my aunt have been here all the time, well wait but what's your excuse? I feel like our generation likes more processed foods, like pizza, burgers, sandwiches, things like that, yes, does it bother you that the younger generation probably doesn't carry over these Traditions, yes, of course, because we have to treasure our culture, traditional foods, is there anything you can do about it?

I have to encourage them to cook all these traditional dishes, of course, how to preserve our culture as different cultures become modernized pieces of culture. The culture will disappear naturally and soon they will become memories and stories that you will tell your children just once with their aunt. I tried some rats or guinea pigs and maybe it's okay that some pieces fall off, but at least we can have the awareness and respect Auntie, yes, regards, thank you very much, thank you, thank you next. I will experience a once-in-a-lifetime event in India where dozens of animals are slaughtered to feed thousands of attendees, including India's sacred cows.

There has ever been a backlash about people eating beef here, but first let's back up, aside from differences in diet, people in this region are also overwhelmingly Christian, which is why 125 years ago we converted to Christianity, which is the eternal salvation for the people of the economy in the coming days. I'll document the isolated Mountain Village as meat-filled days pass by, all culminating in a spectacular party. It all begins here, 12 miles west of Kohima, resting amidst the foothills of the Jobful mountain range, under a persistent blanket of mist, you will find the serene Konoma Village, but today your usual quiet life is changing.

We just arrived shortly after lunch and several animals have already been slaughtered. This is a multi-day event. There are so many people who will be here that not everyone can be prepared. on one day to start they are sacrificing the animals by skinning them getting close to the fur separating the body parts hanging body parts arranging body parts this celebration will take place for three days day one is the sacrifice and preparation of the meat on the day two is the baking and day three is the party, it is difficult to express how rare it is to witness an event like that, what you are about to see, these people used to follow the faith of animism, but 125 years ago they converted to Christianity Now only every 25 years does this town celebrate it. conversion by inviting thousands of community members here to a giant feast there is no catering team there is no delivery service they are armed only with a small passionate group of villagers and untrained cooks who will attempt to prepare enough food for 5,000 people of this magnitude The food must be ready within two days, the race against time begins with the slaughter of the pigs.

Now if we learned anything from our previous video it is that here in Nagaland when it comes to protein anything goes if they can walk you can eat them if they can move it is also fair game you can see the pig has already been burnt on the outside, that's why it's dark, they'll just scrape all the skin until it's super clean, all that skin will be delicious after boiling it. grilled, whatever they do, they need the skin to be clean and hairless, so when they cook it it will be perfectly edible. The Village's kitchen is divided into two main areas, with the upper section here dedicated to the cutting and hanging of pork in an equally bustling scene.

It is displayed in the lower section where you will find the sectioned Buffalo meat. I have never in my life seen animal slaughter or protein preparation on a scale like this. I'm sure I've seen a cow. I have seen a buffalo slaughtered, prepared, cooked, roasted and given to a few hundred people. It is something different, more than 50 animals will be sacrificed for this religious celebration, among them is the sacrifice of an animal that can cause concern in the hearts of Hindu devotees. The sacred cow now eating beef is actually banned and punishable by law in many states of India here in nagaland eating beef is just a normal way of life, there is still missing a neutral ingredient apart from pork and beef beef, we are also eating a creature called tuna meat, it is cattle, it looks like a cow, but it has big and original horns, it is something I have never done. seen before and can't wait to try it good morning sir hello good morning TV it's too late he's a tour operator but today he's an active member of the kitchen team right now he and his colleagues are having a quick breakfast before heading back to work, what time did everyone start this morning? probably at 5 pm, he said, that probably means you started later, yes, I did well, so there is a lot of preparation, the event officially starts tomorrow, that's right, so what needs to be done today we will do it today.

I have to finish all the decorations, all the logistics in the Town Center. A temporary mega church has been erected to house the thousands of followers who will arrive tomorrow. Right now, the villagers are rushing to make some finishing touches for this event. How many different things? dishes you will probably have more than five six figures we could choose the cow the Buffalo and me too Mithun yes, me too God could have modeled this huge bovine with inspiration from the Buffalo and the cows then granted him residence in Hill forests at more than three thousand feet above sea level for centuries these majestic beasts have been an integral part of the Naga diet and the religious events that led to the metoo in Rome free in the wild until the time of sacrifice came the skin the hoods the meat all our portions As villagers shift towards today's Focus cuisine, cooking is done on a grand scale here.

You can see that right on this line we have about 10 cauldrons, it is literally the biggest pot you can find, not only are the villagers preparing huge amounts of food for the thousands of guests of tomorrow. but they are also preparing food for those guests to take home additionally locally, as Modi's slow-cooked beef, thinned beef wrapped in banana leaves, a pot of mitoon beef, ginger, garlic and onion, also join in. to enhance its flavour, what comes out most of the food in this area is the big piece of meat, they are not cutting things finely, it is not a curry, it is big pieces of meat, this has already been cooking for some time and It will cook for hours more.

We'll cover that bit up for now and come back to that too between all the frantic preparations here and there everyday life goes on well good morning good morning in a quiet corner I have a konoma style breakfast I have to say that I have traveled to many parts of India Never had seen something like this at the base of this hearty bowl, the beloved staples of Naga cuisine, puffed sticky rice and millet paste in one pan, the sticky rice grains being toasted until puffed in another pan. Midland is also roasted but then transferred to a wooden bowl and ground until it becomes a weird paste super crunchy but the brown part I don't know what to do with it it's a little earthy it sticks to your mouth it has a toasty taste It has an interesting texture, what do you like? this brownish black part here, of course, okay, okay, it's pretty much like the British, you have beans for breakfast.

Yes, we can even take it out, since uh, doll has its roots in the indigenous cuisine of this region. This lentil-based dish is typically prepared using splits. red lentils stirred in a pot with water bamboo shoots Ginger pork fat chili salt and garlic that is very good a little spicy and you mix the sticky rice with everything yes, if you like it, you can even mix it, yes, this is fried bread this is a sticky rice sticky rice rarely found in mainland India but in Nagaland completes many meals at this time these grains of sticky rice are ground into flour and then kneaded with water to form a dough, the dough is flattened dough and fry until your pulse is in golden pillows of deliciousness, oh yeah, oh I mean when I knew it was fried I knew it was going to be good, but this is delicious, it's like a piece of fried Mochi, but better like crunchy, it's sticky. it's fun to chew what's your favorite here oh yeah here instead of a morning coffee we have this a chunky tea what's inside is a job up top we'll put water and then we'll boil it and then I'll put some sugar if you want and then we'll drink, oh that's good, it tastes a little like corn, the thick part has become a little slimy and thick, it's a little sweet, the kernels taste a little like corn, it's very good, so you grew up here yes, I grew up in this village itself how many people live in this village three thousand people it is home to the angami one of the 16 major Naga tribes for their craftsmanship Agriculture is the backbone of life angami the villagers abandoned their ancient hunting and logging practices two decades ago as a commitment to the preservation of nature, however, the biggest change in life here took place 125 years ago in 1897 with the arrival of Christianity.

The belief system here changed from animism to Christianity. How do you think that affected the culture? Here or the way people grew up in those days, Konoma villagers would go and attack another village, they were head hunters during those days, people who can hunt or protect another person's head are called a big wire, You know? But now there are no associated enemies. Pastor Chase vibilia describes the faith followed before Christianity was accepted here. I am interested in the religious aspect. I grew up as a Christian. I know you are a Christian. I know you believe in heaven for people who were animists.

What do you think happened to them? when they died, my belief is that there are only two places for everyone, life after death, whether in heaven or hell, so anyone who believes in Jesus and lives a life acceptable to God will find rest in the Heaven, if not, there is no other way. I will have to go to hell, that's all, the conversion of Christianity was the end of many erroneous or even violent customs of the old religion. Today, more than 90 percent of the population here are Baptist Christians. Thank you very much for inviting us here.

It is such a rare event. really, because in your life maybe three times you will witness it, if you're lucky, I think I can reach 150. As we spoke, an army of cooks continued to advance with this preparation, but time is ticking. Ready or not, crowds of hungry enthusiasts. guests will be arriving here tomorrow falling short is just not an option, yes we have something called nagada here and Ferndale is usually lentils, here the foreigner seems to be a local type of green not for much longer and this will also be ready to go. tons of food today everyone looks like pumpkins actually some people look a little nervous I don't know if I'll be able to survive there's so much smoke right now it's so hot looking down the cooking lane I bubbling pots full of unknown vegetables men sweating the fire shakes huge pots of meat with equally huge food, women with busy hands crushing herbs right here we have a whole trope of ladies preparing some chutney inside potatoes, onions and bananas.

Hearts, I was told that I should help here while many dishes reach the end. Some lines are still taking shape here these two gentlemen are working with the small intestine that has this green substance inside that is bile or the gastric acid of the small intestine is green, it is dark and it is extremely bitter that it is not going to be thrown away. away to be consumed here at some point while the bile is going on, the blood is ready to pour this crimson milk into the Modi pot and stir continuously until the meat reaches the desired softness, then the Modi is left to rest waiting to be delivered tomorrow the kitchen team also rests for lunch recharging for the long day this looks amazing it is similar to what they are going to serve tomorrow there will be more items this is a beautiful dish it is colorful it is all local what is this here? we call it the Korean Village in our tasty and simple daily boiled vegetables and here this looks like pork, it's like a big piece of fatty pork mmm oh, that's good, the recipe is very simple Ginger, chili powder, salt , we add garlic and also a pork skin is incredible. amazing texture ginger gives it flavor fresh chili gives it a little heat salt makes it tasty and that's all you need we have some pork I think this is beef everything tastes so good I can't believe it It's only three ingredients, it's very good.

I'm curious to know that people here always eat beef. Yes, we prefer beef and pork. I know the beef issue is a bit controversial in India because in some states in many states it is actually banned. I've heard that in some states they do catch you killing. a cow you can actually go to jail forget about going to jail some even kill those people yeah has there ever been any backlashabout the people who eat beef here? Has the Indian government ever tried to impose some rules here on beef consumption? They rule in that, but they tried to influence us with Hindu beliefs and practices, so slowly that everything is seeping in, that's the interesting thing about India.

India has a kind of majority, the majority would be the Hindu people and they are mostly represented maybe in the North, in the South, but not in places like this, some minority groups are not really represented as the face of India, which includes Muslims and also Christians, so it seems that there needs to be room for Christians to respect Hindus and Hindus. To respect Christians, do you think that in 50 years we will still be eating beef here? I don't think they can stop us completely. We may change, but for us our eating habits will continue, although we are small, we are actually different. country culturally our appearance and everything we are totally different from Indians but we are still under Indian government if it were up to you Nagaland would be completely independent not very soon but I hope one day thank you months of preparation and days of hard work and kitchen have finally been taken away. up to this point the event is happening today behind me you can see this makeshift church built ready to host thousands of people the guests are channeling it's actually a bit difficult because the roads here are very narrow singing this is not a common event and Tourists are not allowed.

The villagers of Konoma have invited their fellow Christians from across Nagaland to join them in celebrating their faith. There is no fee to attend, but everyone is welcome to make a donation after a two-hour church service. The party will begin. The potatoes are ready. one side Style with a variety of options stewed rice pork and beef cooked with bile chicken and bamboo blood pork dinners beans and fern doll fraud boiled local vegetables and dried fish chutney it's finally time to celebrate this little one Town of about 3,000 people has basically doubled its population as hundreds and hundreds of people have come here and is very organized.

I'm very impressed that we are in the middle of nowhere here in the countryside and they have walkie-talkies. It's like the Secret Service covering their ears saying, "Hey, we're out of mashed potatoes and stuffing for the stove," they're constantly replenishing the food. There are a lot of people waiting patiently to pick up whatever they want, as much protein, rice, vegetables as they want. take a quick tour of the plate, let's start with a piece of pork, now the seasonings are very simple and direct, chili with ginger powder and salt, let's try it super delicious, fatty, mild, super salty, spicy, sometimes the food here is incredibly salty, so you have to Let's get to this here, the vegetables are basically unsalted, like they have no flavor, it just tastes cold and a little chewy, like if you took spinach, boiled it, and then put it in the refrigerator, meanwhile, the meat is really full of flavor here we have the meat and Me too now it's a little difficult to distinguish them, but I think this is the mystical Mithun, the mitoon is a creature that I have never tasted before.

They told me it's something like half buffalo, half cow, the thing is that the cow tastes like beef and buffalo. It also tastes like beets, so this will be something between beef and beef, a very Grizzly piece, the pork is much softer, much more succulent, it is very tasty, although it has a lot of tendons, a lot of tissue, a bit difficult to chew and they told me. that the tone of the meat adds a little more Grizzle than typical beef, but it's still delicious with all the spices they put in there, finally here we have what I think are organs, this is clearly covered in blood, you can see by color and only by that. pasty and brittle texture on the outside.

I'm just going to try a piece to see how it tastes, hands down, the most different flavor than anything else, a lot of blood flavor, but also a lot of organ flavor and then some mystery elements as well. Don't know. I don't know what this piece of heart is, piece of fat, it's almost impossible to say many different parts of the body, cut up, put together and put in one pot, absolutely delicious, cleans the palette with some vegetables, very nice as you go the event comes to a close, the guests receive their gift in the form of Modi before saying goodbye to their welcoming hosts, then everyone lines up, receives a package, not everyone because it is difficult to do, but according to the family, the head of the family It was registered in the boot log and they will receive one.

Do I count as a family?sure you can kabil hussa is a konoma missionary stationed in a song today's event what do you think was the success? Yes, it was a good program. It is an honor and a pleasure for me to be here. I want to ask more about this town. I'm very intrigued by Nagaland in general because it's in India, but it's very different from mainland India in many ways, right at the foot of the mountain at the base of Coahoma Village. This monolith was erected with these words literally etched in stone. The Nagas are not Indians, their territory is not part of them. of the Indian Union we will defend and defend this one Truth at all costs and you always know why that was said in the beginning, so when the British left our grandfathers, our ancestors, they want to be independent, they do not want to fall under India.

And then the movement and the Naga movement started, they said we are different, we have an identity, we are not Indian, is it just different or do you think Nagaland should not be part of India? We are geographically very much on the outskirts and we are not part of it. Maine in India, one thing that all of us together is through financial assistance, we are solely dependent on the government of India, so if they are helping Nagaland, why would you want to be separate from them? As I said before, our appearance is different. We dress differently, the way we eat, the way we talk, everything is different, that's why if we go to mainland India, sometimes they discriminate against us as Chinese, as Japanese or whatever, they themselves didn't claim us. like one of them, so we don't feel.

We are Indians, that sounds really challenging, you know, I've been to a lot of big countries, now India is huge, China is huge and they have very different cultures, ancient cultures, depending on where you go, my country is very different because we don't have all these ancient cultures and you go from the west coast to the east coast, from north to south, everything is quite similar, but in a place like Nagaland within India it feels like a completely different world. I have learned a lot being here, it is a new place. A fascinating place, the people have been very friendly, the food is delicious and unique and I think there is no other place like this.

Next I will have dinner in Nagaland with the last of the Indian Headhunters. The ghost pepper is the hottest natural pepper in the world. And is this a food that is commonly eaten around here? Yes, yes, this could be a mistake. Let's go for it. We have traveled to the border between India and Myanmar, to the home of the cognac tribe. The Cognac people are known for their fierce warrior culture. and unique traditions, including the practice of headhunting, the necklace, the heads on this symbolize the percentage that have killed many in this village, they once participated in the cool custom of beheading enemy tribesmen and saving the heads as memories when you grew up.

I have friends who died at the hands of Headhunters from other villages over the next 24 hours. I'll stay with the Cognac tribe and meet their Headhunters. He is 79 years old and is the youngest. Yes, I am on a mission to understand his lifestyle. to experience his food, what do you do when you go hunting and get too many squirrels and rats? You do this, you mummify food for them which often consists of everything they hunt in the forest, from giant fruit bats to rats and squirrels, the treasures of your hunt, your reward, what have you gotten after being there?

That's right, we will soon arrive at the Headhunter Village. Soon we will enjoy a great feast and our main course will be pork, a lot of pork before breakfast, the pork must. be slaughtered so that processing can begin in this part of India there is a big gun culture so the current method of dispatch involves a firearm, a single shot takes out another man, drives a spear through the heart of the pig and then quickly covers the wound with leaves to prevent the blood. The spilled pig is hoisted over a flame and its hair is cut.

This is the shape of cognac. One of the largest and fiercest tribes of Nagaland, known to many as headhunters. The cognac people have a deep appreciation for pork and every part of the animal is used from the head onwards. to hook including the blood here they marinate the meat in the pig's own life force, pork is not an everyday thing. Indulgence in this rugged terrain the cognac people subsist on whatever nature provides them their diet is shaped by the unforgiving mountains they call home I look at my phone and it keeps changing the time every 10 minutes because it thinks I'm in India a second and then I'm in Myanmar the next second.

Where we are? This place is called and it is located on the border of the Indonesian Sea, but if we only take a few steps. we are going to be immune, yes, and here we have a breakfast, this is Indian food, yes, this is Indian food, breakfast here is usually high carbohydrate sweet potatoes, tapioca and yam, all boiled in a pot like this, covered with leaves of banana for breakfast, he usually has mmm, this is how we go to work and at lunch time we only have meat and rice, what should we start with? We start with tapioca.

Okay, yeah, it's a little overcooked. It's supposed to be overcooked. Yes Yes. Okay, why don't they just call it cooked but warm? Starchy and a little overcooked this Chutney, here you have this Chutney powder. I give it a little bit of sauce, so I'm going to cover it, oh, it's very toasted. You can also try these fermented beans. Chutney is a complementary companion to almost any dish in India, even here, they boil the soybeans, gather them in banana leaves and let them ferment over the fire for up to five days. They crush a little ginger, garlic, ghost pepper, salt in this aromatic place.

The leaf called me Chingo, then the fermented beans and you. You have your own Naga Chutney, ghost pepper is the hottest pepper in the world that was made by God. Now later some crazy humans made spicier ones and is this a commonly eaten food around here? Yeah, wow, oh oh, that's really spicy, Spicy Chutney. very good, very spicy, yes, yes, too spicy, too spicy for you, yes, joining me, so how are you feeling today? She speaks the unique dialect of this tribe. He is very happy. He is 89 years old. 89 yes, when the Headhunter asks you for tea, you give him tea, no.

Well, okay, he is a Headhunter or should I say a former Headhunter, but before we get into that, I guess I should ask what a Headhunter is. He was 30 years old when he joined a headhunting raid for the first time. Thunder is someone who was somewhat heroic he liked to cut off the heads of an enemy in the past who were his adversaries cognac Warriors used to carry out raids on the territories of neighboring tribes in the early hours of the morning surprising their enemies while they were sleeping collect the heads Of their enemies he said that mostly it is as if they had disputes over land, things that were considered their enemies, the real human heads would be displayed in a longhouse along with the heads of the most dangerous animals that they had conquered back then, which tools they used what weapons they used to kill their enemies they carry machete on their back as well as the spear and also the pistol to shoot for the cognacs it will be the right of passive to pass it on for the young people there was no greater glory than demonstrating their courage and skill in hunting human heads what was the feeling of bringing the enemy head back to your own village like the modern army they also get promotions they also get stars so same thing when he comes back with that hat on his back what does it feel like its me has done great deeds now i will be occupying the highest position in my society because i am a warrior how many people have you killed the face tattoo which is given only for those who have killed the enemies the necklace the heads on this symbolizes how many people have they killed hunting heads was the belief that the soul matter resided in the head and by transferring it to another village prosperity would follow those days they were like enemies but from now on he has made peace with all those villages. members, he doesn't have that kind of bitterness towards them, yes, what they feel for him, although I want to say that today our pork reward will be prepared in several dishes and shared with the remaining Headhunters of The Village.

Breakfast is a complete preparation for our big feast in the The finale of today is underway right here, you can see that the pig has been cut into strips and they are hanging it to dry and in fact it will be assigned to some of the older knights of thisVillage. There was one last night and they might come back at some point with something today we actually have no idea they might come back with a squirrel, a fruit bat, a deer or even nothing at all, we don't know but it looks like it accounts for between 30 and 40 percent of the diet here in this town. it still comes from foods and animals that are hunted when you grow up in a culture where any misstep could be your last.

You can't be picky about what you eat. Lucky for us, they got something. The treasures of your hunt. Your reward. You came in after hours and hours of being out there, that's right, he got a rabbit. How many shots did it take? Well, you got it in two. That's good because, um, this is not fully automatic or semi-automatic, it takes about five minutes to recharge. You don't get it in Two Shots, you're done, you know a lot of the culture here used to be about hunting people now it's a lot more about hunting animals I mean there's such a crazy gun culture here I've never seen anything like this where you go to a town in the middle of nowhere and they can make their own guns, make their own bullets and this is the result.

They can go out, they know what to look for, they hunt all day and then. They come back with something like this, well done, uh boom, how cute, the rabbit will contribute to the party tonight, but in the meantime I'm heading to meet the town gunsmith and when a man has so much artillery in his house, he better to be presented with a gift we are cooking a pig on the other side of town so I thought I would mention this this is a very special recipe remember those strips of pork that we leave hanging in the wind that with the addition of pig's blood with bamboo the juice of the sprouts comes together to form a traditional cognac dish.

Its flavors are enhanced with salt-fermented bamboo shoots. Sawtooth herb, garlic, ginger and the infamous ghost pepper. You've got the skin, you've got the fat, and then you've got some protein. It is also very delicious there and I can taste the flavor of the fermented bamboo shoot. I think it's delicious, it's super fatty but very smooth and has a unique flavor with the bamboo in there. They said they are really enjoying it. Fantastic. I want to know more about you. I know they are the village weapons maker. Meet Wongshan. He builds firearms from scratch. How long have you been manufacturing firearms here?

He started in 1997. How did he learn to make firearms? He checked what they were. already made and look he made a new one really that's amazing according to oral tradition the cognacs learned the art of gunsmithing from the British colonists who traded with them in the 19th century so now let's see how to load a musket a locally made musket Here in this town it starts with gunpowder, cognacs, then they developed their own techniques and designs, passing them from generation to generation. Basically we have a rope that he is twisting and he is going to put it in the cannon. to be tight, that's the name of the wad that will help create pressure behind the projectile when you fire, so now come down off the wad, the projectile usually consists of lead balls, but these little serrated pieces of steel seem to work too, almost in a of cube. pieces of steel that are going to fall into the barrel, yes, okay, from here you are jamming the projectile, everything is in, but it is not ready yet, so right now you are applying the primer when you pull the trigger, the hammer is going to pull forward is going to hit the primer which is going to create a spark the spark is going to burn the gunpowder push the cue and launch the projectile towards whatever you are aiming at we will see what it looks like in a second I wish I didn't put too much gunpowder , this is happening now, this is going to be very loud and it's a musket, so oh my god, I forgot to cover my ears.

I didn't think he was going to shoot because who's holding the gun? So, um. Now I'm deaf. I've never seen anyone shoot a rifle like this. It should be a new school of firearms mastery, but done right. Alright. The ground has 100 dead. Do you hear a bell? I hear a ringing. It's um, that's not coming back. The encounter with the armed British was not the first that Cognac had with the outside world. There were others whose influence would eventually lead to the end of headhunting. I can see from your necklace that you have claimed five lives, it was all of those. with a gun Longshot is a former Headhunter, he shot all five with the guns.

He began using weapons from the age of 13. 13 yes, he is now 86. When did you decide that you could no longer be a Headhunter when the government banned that? we have to stop all these hunting, all these hats, wait okay, before murder was just cool, someone had to make a law like the government had to ban for people to stop it, it's not only the government of India, it is a contributory work of the Christian missionaries who came from other countries such as the United States before the end of the 19th century, when the Christian missionaries arrived, the cognacs followed the faith of animism and worshiped elements of nature the first Once you heard about Christianity, do you remember how you felt about it?

I mean, did you change immediately or did it take some time to change? In fact, there are some other strong resisters who do not want to accept, but as soon as he began to realize the love of Christ, he said he immediately transformed his mind from being a Thunderhead to a Christian believer in the 1970s, the practice of headhunting ceased completelytoday these muskets will only be used for hunting animals and the younger generation is no longer marked by tattoos on their faces go in to burn locally grown plants are cut and stewed in a pot over the fire soon we will enjoy of a feast together but for now I have been offered a taste of something really far away now, what do you do when you go hunting and get too many squirrels and rats? you do this, you mummify them, this is actually a mixture of creatures here, so they have smoked them, they can stay Well, for a long time, we have rats, squirrels and then look at this damn monster right here.

I think he is a bamboo rat. Guys, don't get me wrong when you look at it, if you just look at it, it's not. super appetizing, but you can't just look at it, you have to think about how it will taste after they boil it in water and make some kind of stew with it, like they have done right here, the mummified rat is lightly roasted and its outer shell is rinsed of soot before scraping it, remove the skewer and place the meat in a pot with water. The rat meat is now livened up with fermented bamboo shoots, dried bamboo shoots, Szechuan pepper, ginger salt and finally ghost pepper that is still there.

In rat form, the meat is very tenderized, so it went from being jerky to being somewhat rehydrated. I'm going to try the broth first, eh, it's a little juicy, it's smoky, it's very spicy and God, they have those ghosts. peppers here and they use them in everything, they love it, that just set my throat on fire and then here we have some meat, which is a good amount of meat, no bones, pure protein, you can feel that the meat has been rehydrated, It certainly doesn't taste like fresh meat, very spicy, super tasty, it's an interesting broth.

I mean, for you guys at home, it's a fun tip, like if you don't want to waste your rats, you can always put them in the freezer until you want. To make a rat stop, should I try harder? You get the point. I'll try a little more. I don't know, every time I eat these things, people always ask me: are you sick? You get sick a lot and I really do. don't do it, but right now I'm thinking this will probably be the right day, the day I'm literally a 12 hour drive from anything, but maybe it won't be pleasant, the final details of our party are to finish with the pig head, which is being cooked in a curry using familiar ingredients like salt, ghost pepper, sawtooth herb, ginger and garlic, meanwhile, in another pot, pig organs and pig blood, the entrails along with leaves of local nairam, gentlemen, I am very excited to be here joining me, the village elders, the last.

The remaining headhunters of this cognac tribe as I meet with all of you now at the same time. I'm curious to know which of you is the youngest. He is the youngest among five of them. He is 79 years old and is the youngest. If we have. a couple of different things, we have the pork that was slaughtered this morning, I think we should try it. Oh this is so good, it's so tasty and there are so many different cuts of meat here it looks like normal meat plus organs plus the greens, yes that's the wild leaf available locally here that the people in this town usually cook with the meat, oh yes, the meat is very tender and the leaves, wow, those leaves are amazing, how do you say delicious here?

The foreign rabbit, the rabbit, then cut it. in pieces marinate the meat with fermented bamboo shoots salt ghost pepper salt clove grass and pepper cover the pot with banana leaves and let it cook try it please oh wow really good that's amazing because it's so moist you know rabbit can usually be a little dry it doesn't have much fat like me it's very delicious it's very juicy moist it has a wonderful seasoning and reminds me of chicken a few questions about you I've talked to a lot of people today I realized you're the first person I met someone with six skulls on her necklace.

Pendoon Ponyak is the oldest of all, he is 89 years old. Have you ever feared that people would come to your village to attack? In the past, he lost some friends to other Headhunters. Not only not only that all the villagers also don't care about the answer, so now with the ban on that headhunting, since they have completely stopped now, it is said that they are feeling peace and have a sense of security in them. . I'm very curious because Christianity came here for some time, the village was completely converted and this headhunting way of life stopped. You know, one of the top 10 commandments in the Bible is not to kill, but these days everyone still wears these necklaces that symbolize how many people who have been killed or been a part of their murder can seem like outsiders to me, as if It was a symbol of pride for this achievement, considering that everyone has now become Christians, why do you still wear the necklace?

They also feel a little insecure and guilty for putting on this necklace but from within their hearts they say that they have accepted Christianity they have the heart to forgive others and they also wish that God forgives them but the thing is that this culture was like this since the time Of our ancestors. and then, as if they don't want to eliminate this, like a tradition that has been passed down to them, putting on this necklace feels like being a Headhunter and their day was a kind of rite of passage for men. Is there a new private step for?

Nowadays, calling men heroic acts was like cutting off their hat, but now they said it is no more different from the past: someone who learns to forgive others and live in peace, to work for the well-being of all people. in the community as well as with others, who consider themselves the warriors, that is the end of video number five here in North East India, my goodness, what an incredible experience words cannot describe. I didn't expect it to be like this, but it blew my mind anyway, very unique people. Rich cultures and much to see. I feel like I've only scratched the surface.

I hope one day to return and find more. I hope you enjoyed this series and saw these unique cultures, people and tribes. let's do it again otherwise guys that's it for this. Thank you very much for seeing us. See you next time. In peace. I will get drunk. I'm tired. It's a long day.