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"We have called the above photo of a "man-woman" for want of a better name. It is a man who, for some mysterious reason, wears a woman's clothes and ornaments, smokes a woman's pipe, and does a woman's work. His troublesome moustache has been pulled out hair by hair, and it is only his deep, manly voice which divulges to strangers that he is not actually what he pretends to be. Throughout the Lushai hills there are several of these curious people, and when one knows that the women there do the lion's share of the work of life, it is surprising that a man should voluntarily take upon himself their duties. It is interesting to notice that the "man-woman" in the picture is, in appearance, by far the neatest and cleanest person in the village. Here and there among the hills are also to be found women who wear men's clothes, smoke men's pipes, and do men's work." - J.H.Lorrain & F.W.Savidge, Among the Head-Hunters of Lushai, The World Wide Magazine, IV. 20. Nov. 1899, p. 383