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the villagers have a reputation for being polite and helpful to the tourists
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At home, the villagers are disturbed when settlers start to encroach on their land, but after one of the elders is shot and killed during a dispute with their new neighbors, the British side violently with the settlers.
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026
The villagers start blaming the recluse ‘witch’ of the village who is known to practice black magic.
—William Earl, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
The government offers no protection to these villagers.
—Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
The torches reference a story in Kurdish mythology in which a courageous blacksmith assembles an army of villagers and kills a murderous king — signaling with the mountain-top flames that the Kurds are free.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 21 Mar. 2026
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Damon Wise, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026
The villagers start blaming the recluse ‘witch’ of the village who is known to practice black magic.
—William Earl, Variety, 25 Mar. 2026
The government offers no protection to these villagers.
—Noo Saro-Wiwa, The Dial, 24 Mar. 2026
The torches reference a story in Kurdish mythology in which a courageous blacksmith assembles an army of villagers and kills a murderous king — signaling with the mountain-top flames that the Kurds are free.
—Jane Arraf, NPR, 21 Mar. 2026
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“Villager.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/villager. Accessed 6 Apr. 2026.
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villager
noun
vil·lag·er
ˈvil-ij-ər 
: a person living in a village
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