How Bastar tribals mourn dead: ‘Roon-saun’ echoes as top Maoist commander Madvi Hidma’s body returns to Puvarti

Bastar tribals mourn the death of Maoist leader Hidma with 'roon-saun,' a piercing, rolling wail passed through the village. His mother's final appeal for his return home for peace in her old age went unfulfilled, as his body was to be claimed from another state.

How Bastar tribals mourn dead: ‘Roon-saun’ echoes as top Maoist commander Madvi Hidma’s body returns to Puvarti
Bastar tribals mourn the death of Maoist leader Hidma with 'roon-saun,' a piercing, rolling wail passed through the village. His mother's final appeal for his return home for peace in her old age went unfulfilled, as his body was to be claimed from another state.