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Post by UniverseSeven on Jan 8, 2005 15:14:42 GMT -5
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Post by UniverseSeven on Jan 9, 2005 22:25:09 GMT -5
Country: Andaman Islands, India Population: unknown, estimates from 200-300 Who are they? The Jarawa are a largely uncontacted people, living on the Andaman Islands in the Indian ocean. Both British and Indian settlers have moved onto their islands over the last 150 years, but the Jarawa have chosen to maintain an almost complete isolation. They are very different in appearance to their Indian neighbours, and DNA tests suggest that their closest relatives are African. www.survival-international.org/jarawa.htmJARAWA TRIBES -- CONFLUENCE OF THE PRESENT WITH THE PAST The people of India belong to different anthropological stocks and are divided into six main ethnic groups: (1) The Negritos or the brachycephalic (broad headed) people from Africa were the earliest people to inhabit India. They are survived in their original habitat in the Andaman Islands. The Jarawas, Onges, Sentelenese and Great Andamanis tribes are the main Negritoid tribes of India. (2) The Pro-Australoids or Austrics was the next group to come to India after the Negritos, which soon spread over the whole of India, Myanmar and the islands of South East Asia. They are said to "form the bedrock of the people", as they were the main builders of the Indus Valley Civilisation. (3) The Mongoloids have features that are common to those of the people of Mongolia, China and Tibet. These tribal groups are located in the Northeastern part of India in states like Assam, Nagaland, Meghalya and Sikkim and also in the Ladakh region of Jammu & Kashmir as well as the Nicobar Islands. (4) The Mediterranean or Dravidian group came to India from the Southwest Asia and appear to be people of the same stock as the peoples of Asia Minor and Crete and the pre-Hellenic Aegeans of Greece. (5) The Western Brachycephals include the Alpinoids, Dinaries and Armenois. The Coorgis and Parsis fall into this category. (6) The Nordics or Indo-Aryans are the last immigrants into India, who must have come into India between 2000 and 1500 B.C. The Nordic Aryans were a branch of Indo-Iranians, who had originally left their homes in Central Asia, some 5000 years ago, and had settled in Mesopotamia for some centuries. These tribes are now mainly found in the Northwest and the Northwest Frontier Province (NWFP). ? www.ausafsayeed.com/jarawa.html
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Post by UniverseSeven on Mar 3, 2005 1:37:12 GMT -5
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