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16mostly in upper Chindwin and the Kabo Valley.Thus theKukis live in three different countries: India, Bangladesh,and Burma. The Kukis have asked for a separate Kuki Stateto be carved out from the Manipur hills and Halflong hillsof India and the upper Chindwin Valley of Burma. But theGovernment of India has not taken steps to grant this desireon the part of the Kukis.The Kuki CultureThe Kuki World ViewThe primitive Kukis believed that the earth is flatlike a disc. Many uneducated Kukis still believe this astheir ancestors did.They believe that if one walks continuously,some day he wi.ll come to the end of the land andwill falloff the earth.To understand the Kukis properlyit is essential, therefore, to learn the way they see orperceive the world.When one knows the basic orientation ofany cultural group, it is possible to predict with asignificantdegree of accuracy just how members of the group willrespond to certain other kinds of questions.The Kuki world view is the result of their longexperiences with the physical world.To some extent theKukis presuppose the existence of supernatural beings.Their world view is, therefore, a religious one. Their's isa world view that involves a linking of nature, man, andhistory to the supernatural. I am of the opinion that theKuki world view transcends the secular-sacred distinctionwhich is so much a part of the thinking of the West.It