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Tag Archives: Great Andamanese
Articles on Adivasi culture in Folio Special issue
Ever since the Portuguese travel writers and missionaries decided to describe the vast variety of ethnic and occupational groups and sects of the Indian subcontinent in terms of “caste” and “tribe”, the terms have stuck to society as long-worn masks … Continue reading →
Posted in Accountability, Adivasi / Adibasi, Adverse inclusion, Anthropology, Archaeology, Assimilation, Childhood and children, Colonial policies, Commentary, Community facilities, Constitution and Supreme Court, Crafts and visual arts, Cultural heritage, Customs, Democracy, Dress and ornaments, eBook & eJournal, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Endangered language, Government of India, Health and nutrition, History, Languages and linguistic heritage, Literature and bibliographies, Media portrayal, Misconceptions, Modernity, Music and dance, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Networking, Nilgiri, Organizations, Particularly vulnerable tribal group, Press snippets, Quotes, Regions of India, Revival of traditions, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Social conventions, Tips, Tribal elders, Tribal identity, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology, Women, Worship and rituals
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Tagged Banjara, Bawaria, Bettakurumba, Bhil, Bhilala, Birhor, Chota Udepur, Gond, Great Andamanese, Gujjar, Jarawa, Kanjar, Kattunaicken, Kheria Sabar, Koitor, Korku, Mullukurumba, Onge, Paniya, Pardhi, Rathwa, Sansi, Sentinelese, Toda, Warli
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A tribe whose presence was confirmed in the islands to 2,000 years ago: The Sentinelese – North Sentinel Island (Andamans)
Is This Andaman Tribe in a Tourist Zoo? Time to Wake up and End This ‘Safari’! The Jarawa have been occupying the Andaman rainforests for years Rayomand Engineer, The Better India 30 March 2018 | Read the full article here … Continue reading →
Posted in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Anthropology, Commentary, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, History, Misconceptions, Names and communities, Particularly vulnerable tribal group, Press snippets, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Tips, Tourism
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Tagged Great Andamanese, Jarawa, Onge, Sentinelese
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The Story of Space 2017 reflects “the idea of flux and fragility”: A science-meets-art festival in Panaji (Goa) – Andaman and Nicobar Islands
Islands in Flux Pankaj SekhsariaCurated by Jaya RamchandaniVenue: CENTRAL LIBRARY, PATTO This installation is Pankaj’s attempt at bringing out the fragility of the state of the Andaman and Nicobar islands, with its land, and the sea surrounding it, in a … Continue reading →
Posted in Accountability, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Anthropology, Assimilation, Colonial policies, Constitution and Supreme Court, Customs, Democracy, Ecology and environment, Government of India, History, Literature - fiction, Literature and bibliographies, Misconceptions, Modernity, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Organizations, Particularly vulnerable tribal group, Photos and slideshows, Press snippets, Quotes, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Storytelling, Tourism, Tribal identity
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Tagged Great Andamanese, Jarawa, Onge
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Living in a symbiotic relationship with other communities: The Shompen, one of India’s particularly vulnerable tribal groups – Nicobar Islands
Shiv Sahay Singh, The Hindu, Kolkata: November 01, 2015 | To read the full article, click here >> The Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI) has come up with the first authentic demographic database of the Shompen tribe — one of the … Continue reading →
Posted in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Anthropology, Customs, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, Languages and linguistic heritage, Misconceptions, Names and communities, Organizations, Particularly vulnerable tribal group, Photos and slideshows, Press snippets, Social conventions, Women
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Tagged Great Andamanese, Jarawa, Onge, Sentinelese, Shompen
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eBook & eJournal | Learn more about tribal communities on the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
The ancient tribal communities that lived here in the Andaman Islands […] have lived and flourished here for at least 40,000 years., but the end could well be round the corner. […] It definitely began with the British and their … Continue reading →