Sentences with phrase «village headmen»
«We cherish our culture and religions in the village and [those are] two main things that we continue to teach our children today, as it is what we will be known for,» Sailosi Ramatu, Vunidogoloa's village headman, told E&E News via email through a translator.
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The day before, they had heard gunshots followed by the village headman, as he was known, yelling for everyone to run.
One gains a deep understanding of - and sympathy for - not only Luo Xiatong, but his strong - willed mother, his long - suffering father, and Lao Lan, the corrupt village headman.
The village headman, a man of about fifty, sat cross-legged in the centre of the room, close to the coals burning in a hearth that was hollowed out of the floor; he was inspecting my violin.
The village headman or someone in the village will probably invite you into their home for a cup of tea.
Tetsuo Gotō as Village Headman Omuna, the chief of Hakumu Village, where Ryuto lives.
In the village of Khaishi, residents threatened to block construction by orchestrating a sit - in in front of the bulldozers unless they received their compensation, which had vanished along with their former village headman.
Young kids were required to «perform arduous manual labor along with locals while under the supervision of the zealous village headman.»
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Fisher walked to the nearest village and woke up the headman, who organized a caravan of oxcarts hauled by zebus, the local cattle.
These were the headmen of villages; they were very intelligent.
The man's name is Mallaiah Tokala, and he is the headman of Appapur village, in the Amrabad Tiger Reserve in Telangana state.
«Our youngsters left the village for [the neighboring cities of] Silifke, Antalya, and Mersin in the belief that the nuclear power plant will be built,» Kemal Budak, the 70 - year - old headman of the village, which is part of the town of Akkuyu, told the Turkish newspaper Hürriyet.