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Post by Guest Sat Jul 06, 2013 5:57 pm

My thanks to Rishi for telling me about these people.

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The Narikuravar (Tamil: நரிக்குறவர் Narikkuṟavar) are a community of people from Tamil Nadu, India.

The main occupation of the people who originally belong to the indigenous tribes, is hunting. But as they were prohibited entry into the forests to pursue this livelihood, they were forced to take up other alternatives such as selling beaded ornaments to survive. Hence they migrate from place to place to find a market for their beads. Children accompany the adults wherever they go, which means they never get to attend school.
During British rule in India they were placed under Criminal Tribes Act 1871, hence stigmatized for a long time, after Independence however they were denotified in 1952, though the stigma continues .[1]

Etymology

The word "Narikurava" is a combination of the Tamil words "Nari" and "Kurava" meaning "jackal people".[3][4] of the "fox people"[5] This appellation has been bestowed upon them due to their adeptness in hunting and trapping jackals.[3]
Origins

As per a theory propounded by Werth in 1966 and Fraser, authorities on the gypsies of Europe, believes that the Domar are the ancestors of the Roma people and therefore, the Narikuravas are related to the Roma.[6] while Edgar Thurston feels that they are related to the Khonds of Orissa.[6]
Language

The Narikuravas speak an Indo-Aryan language called Vagriboli.[3][7] Vagriboli is a Western Indian language of the Indo-Aryan family.[7] SIL Ethnologue classifies it as a dialect of the Domari language.

Due to this reason, they are also known as Vagris or Vagrivalas.[7][8] Almost all Narikuravas are well-versed in Tamil. However, most of the Narikurava liturgical hymns and folk songs are in Vagriboli.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narikurava

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Post by MaxEntropy_Man Sat Jul 06, 2013 7:55 pm

http://indiapulse.sulekha.com/forums/coffeehouse_wonder-if-michael-wood-will-talk-about-another-great-indo-aryan-language-in-his-documentary-911721
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