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The Narikkuṟava are an indigenous group from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
During British rule in India they were placed under the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871. Hence they were stigmatized for a long time, including after Independence. They were denotified in 1952. The stigma continues.
A theory propounded in 1966 by Werth and Fraser, authorities on the "Gypsies" of Europe, they believe that the Domar are the ancestors of the Romani people and, therefore, the Narikuravas are related to the Romani.
The Narikuravas speak the unclassified Indo-Aryan language called Vaagri Booli.
Due to this reason, they are also known as Vagris or Vagrivalas.
Although all vagirivala or kuruvikarar come under one roof based on their common clan name nari-kuravars they were broadly sub-divided into two sub-divisions: the buffalo-sacrificers and Nandevala or goat-sacrificers. But they are commonly classified based on the region they originate from. The Seliyos have only one sub-sect, the Vithiyo.
Each Narikurava clan has a bundle of clothes called sami-mootai meaning "God's bundle". It is filled with blood of animals sacrificed by the Narikuravas and clothes dipped in them. The sami-mootai of one clan must not be touched by members of another clan. On the death of the head of the family, his eldest son inherits the sami-mootai. The prestige a clan-leader holds, depends on the antiquity of his sami-mootai.
Silambam is a stick fighting style that supposedly originated from the Kurinji hills some 5000 years ago, where the native kuravar used bamboo staves called Silambam to defend themselves against wild animals.
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Narikurava
The Narikkuṟava are an indigenous group from the Indian state of Tamil Nadu.
During British rule in India they were placed under the Criminal Tribes Act of 1871. Hence they were stigmatized for a long time, including after Independence. They were denotified in 1952. The stigma continues.
A theory propounded in 1966 by Werth and Fraser, authorities on the "Gypsies" of Europe, they believe that the Domar are the ancestors of the Romani people and, therefore, the Narikuravas are related to the Romani.
The Narikuravas speak the unclassified Indo-Aryan language called Vaagri Booli.
Due to this reason, they are also known as Vagris or Vagrivalas.
Although all vagirivala or kuruvikarar come under one roof based on their common clan name nari-kuravars they were broadly sub-divided into two sub-divisions: the buffalo-sacrificers and Nandevala or goat-sacrificers. But they are commonly classified based on the region they originate from. The Seliyos have only one sub-sect, the Vithiyo.
Each Narikurava clan has a bundle of clothes called sami-mootai meaning "God's bundle". It is filled with blood of animals sacrificed by the Narikuravas and clothes dipped in them. The sami-mootai of one clan must not be touched by members of another clan. On the death of the head of the family, his eldest son inherits the sami-mootai. The prestige a clan-leader holds, depends on the antiquity of his sami-mootai.
Silambam is a stick fighting style that supposedly originated from the Kurinji hills some 5000 years ago, where the native kuravar used bamboo staves called Silambam to defend themselves against wild animals.
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