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	Kirip ( Nicobarese wrestling )
		In this sport, before the bout begins, wrestlers grip each other from behind with their hands, and this grip is not to be slackened till the very end of the competition.
		Saldu, a form of wrestling, is one of the prominent sports of the Nicobarese tribe.
		Another popular sport of the Nicobarese tribals is the pig fight, which is an essential part of their festivals.
	www.punjabilok.com /misc/sports/spo_trad_kirip.htm (574 words)

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		The Nicobarese have not come to the point where they feel these items were stolen from them, but are amazed that someone had enough respect for and interest in their culture to store these items.
		Nicobarese festivities and ceremonies such as Panuohonot, which involves fights between men and pigs, or Kinruaka, an ossuary celebration culminating in the secondary burial of previously deceased ancestors, have always played a crucial role in promoting the cohesion and identity of the Nicobarese community.
		Illustrated with haunting pictures of broken coconut trees, Nicobarese searching the beaches for flotsam and jetsam, and the depressingly ineffective traces of the relief efforts, that chapter is both homage to the resilience of the Nicobarese and a scathing criticism of the prevalent system of disaster relief.
	www.andaman.org /NICOBAR/book/reviews/reviewSingh2006/singh2006.htm (4710 words)

	Ecology, Culture, History and World-view
		The Nicobarese of the Nicobar islands are spread across twelve islands of the archipelago.
		The Nicobarese are herders of pigs and horticulturists, with plantations of coconut, areca nut, yams, bananas, pandanus, etc. A majority of them are converts to Christianity, major conversions having taken place from 1945 onwards.
		The Nicobarese are seafaring people and have been travelling from one island to another in their dugout canoes for barter, trade and social visits.
	ignca.nic.in /cd_07016.htm (5889 words)

	Tsunami Relief Operation
		Nicobarese (28,653), who are the sixth tribe are the largest in population.
		The Government of India is concerned especially about the Nicobarese, who are the most prosperous among the communities of A&N Island and are feared to have suffered substantial damage due to the Tsunami waves.
		Nicobarese are, numerically, the largest Scheduled Tribe in the Union territory with 28,653 persons (14,646 males and 14,007 females).
	www.indianngos.com /tsunami/pressrelease10.htm (1090 words)

	Tehelka - The People's Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Apart from sentiment, the Nicobarese also said they need to go to the health centre for which a bike is necessary.
		The Nicobarese are heavy drinkers who have moved on to imfl after the tsunami.
		While the Nicobarese lie around in the temporary shelters, the Great Andamanese and some of the Onge, still in a relief camp, sleep during the day and drink at night.
	www.tehelka.com /story_main12.asp?filename=Ne061805too_much.asp (1910 words)

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		The island's remoteness is reinforced by the self-sufficient culture of the Nicobarese.
		The Nicobarese live in their villages and the settlers in and around the district headquarters, engaged in economic activity of some form or the other.
		Even though health and nutritional indicators of Nicobarese children are better than the Indian average, a damaged health infrastructure, shortage of food and medicine, and reduced medical staff are beginning to take a toll on the children.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=20050701002509500.htm&date=fl2213/&prd=fline& (2256 words)

	WindsoverNicobars
		Though the Nicobarese commonly belong to themongoloid race of people and have common language roots in theMon-khymer group of languages, they can be clearly classified intosix distinct dialect groups, such that the inhabitants of one groupcan hardly converse with that of the other.
		The Nicobarese of Great Nicobar were being invaded continuously by outsiders and so some fled into the interiors of Great Nicobar who are now Shompens, some remained behind on the west coast and about 100-120 of them came to Nancowry on four canoes.
		The Nicobarese have survived thousands of years of remote andisolated existence and intimate relationship with their environment.They have unfolded the secrets of nature, whether benign or fatal,and have used it to their advantage.
	www.nicobar.org /BOOK/scientificpapers/pap_sjs_wind/pap_wind.htm (5401 words)

	Nicobarese
		The Nicobarese are from the Nicobar Islands which are a chain of 19 islands in the Bay of Bengal.
		The Nicobarese may not have been the first people to live in the islands, they appear to have shared the islands with those of Malay descent and then as years passed the Shompen came to the islands.
		Many of the older Nicobarese are illiterate, however today the younger Nicobarese receive free education through the government.
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/oldworld/asia/nicobarese.html (479 words)

	Khaleej Times Online - Tsunami forces Nicobarese tribes to move inland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Traditionally the Nicobarese “death house” - the graveyard - and the “birth house” - the delivery center - are built near the sea, but away from the village as they are considered impure.
		A mother and her newborn child cannot mix with the general population for six months, and people who participate in burials stay away for a week, living in the “death houses.” However, these building will no longer be by the sea.
		Nicobarese love to fish, row for leisure or have fierce canoe races between villages at festivals that end with pig fights and the exchange of gifts to strengthen bonds.
	www.khaleejtimes.com /DisplayArticle.asp?xfile=data/todaysfeatures/2005/January/todaysfeatures_January44.xml§ion=todaysfeatures (837 words)

	www.Kalluritimes.com - Sports - Home
		Nicobarese are the only tribe among them who follow their own customs and traditions.They practise their own indigenous sports.
		Canoeing is a familiar activity with the Nicobarese tribals as this was the only means of transport for their journeys from one island to another.
		In Asol Aap, the canoe's length is approximately 100' and the number of participants in each team is fixed according to the size of the canoe.
	kalluritimes.com /kalluri/sports/home/home.jsp?fn0=50 (385 words)

	Dances of Andaman & Nicobar, Nicobarese Dance, Forms of Indian Dances, Andaman India Dances, Ossuary Feast, ...
		Nicobarese dance is performed by Nicobarese who live in the Island of Car Nicobar.
		Among the many fascinating tribal groups that inhabit the islands of Andaman and Nicobar, Nicobarese is the only tribe who has lived in isolation and have unique traditional tribal ways.
		The Nicobarese dance is performed during the "Ossuary Feast or the Pig Festival", which is dedicated to the departed head of the family.
	andaman-nicobar.indiantravelportal.com /dances (250 words)

	Ecology, Culture, History and World-view
		The Nicobarese, for obvious reasons, are not considered or referred to as ‘primitive’, but all the same are looked upon as ‘backward’ by the settlers.
		The Nicobarese have followed their traditional occupations of keeping large herds of pigs and cultivating large plantations of coconut, areca nut, yams, bananas, pandanus, etc. The pigs are reared with loving care and piglets are paid special attention till they grow strong enough to take care of themselves.
		This trend will continue and more and more Nicobarese are likely to move away from their traditional moorings in terms of occupation.
	www.ignca.nic.in /cd_07016.htm (5889 words)

	The People's Commission On Environment & Development India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Indo-Mongoloid group of the Nicobarese, relatively sturdy and resilient, have accepted the challenge of change and have prospered and multiplied.
		The survival of all tribal communities (except the Nicobarese) is the key issue in the islands.
		The Nicobarese, in many ways, are the most significant tribal population on the islands.
	www.pcedindia.com /peoplescomm/tribes_3a.htm (492 words)

	Floral Wealth (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Nicobarese decorate the welcome gates by the entire leaves of the plant.
		The fruit when ripe turns to orange colour and is chopped into pieces by the Nicobarese and dried in sun for about a month, then grind into flour which is cooked with chopped coconut kernel and eaten as staple food.
		The leaves are used by the Nicobarese for headache and body pain.
	www.and.nic.in /floral_wealth.htm (758 words)

	helpIndia.com A website about charitable work in India and helping India
		Heart, who belongs to the Nicobarese tribe, is too busy dealing with the trauma of not knowing the fate of 36 relatives who were swept by the waves that smashed into Car Nicobar, one of the worst hit in the Andaman and Nicobar chain.
		The indigenous Nicobarese are the biggest tribal group in the Andamans, a cluster of more than 550 islands of which only about three dozen are inhabited.
		The Nicobarese, who number more than 26,000, suffered the worst casualties with officials saying at least 3,000 of the over 6,000 dead or presumed dead in the island chain are from that tribal group alone.
	www.helpindia.com /php/showNews.php?newsid=71&linkid=8 (406 words)

	Feature (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Today, the tribespeople have turned their backs on the sea, and may be turning their backs on their ancient way of life.
		The tsunami that struck their shores five months ago not only killed thousands of Nicobarese, it cracked the very foundations of their economy and their society.
		Nicobarese chiefs say their people were being exploited by the more commercially-savvy mainlanders, and now want their islands to themselves.
	www.dailynews.lk /2005/06/02/fea08.htm (641 words)

	Traditional Navigational Knowledge among Tribes of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands
		The Nicobarese on the basis of their flowing directions recognize four different types of currents: (1) Heam Kudi – from north; (2) Heam Kulam – from south; (3) Heam Kuli – from east; and (4) Heam Kuvath – from west.
		The Nicobarese state that the currents are far fewer from the 9th day of full moon up to the 14th day and after that the currents again gain momentum.
		The Nicobarese also, like the mainlanders and settlers, have recognized four different types of winds from four seasons on the basis of their blowing direction.
	www.infinityfoundation.com /mandala/t_es/t_es_agraw_islands.htm (2179 words)

	Nicobarese - Asia Finest Discussion Forum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Nicobarese are very fond of stimulants, and smoke a great deal of tobacco.
		Owing to spread of modern education, many Nicobarese have found employment in the Government, mostly as Teachers, Doctors and ministerial staff.
		I thought Nicobarese were negritos before I read the article and saw pictures of them.
	www.asiafinest.com /forum/index.php?showtopic=14934 (1865 words)

	DAWN - Features; June 2, 2005
		CAR NICOBAR (India): For thousands of years India’s gentle Nicobarese tended their coconut plantations and reared pigs on the sandy shores of their island paradise.
		The Nicobarese fled inland to escape the tsunami’s wrath.
		The government gave about 15,000 rupees ($350) compensation to tribespeople who lost their homes and is slowly handing out up to 200,000 rupees each to widows and orphans and 4,000 for every 175 coconut trees lost to the waves.
	www.dawn.com /2005/06/02/fea.htm (758 words)

	Rare Andaman & Nicobar tribes may have perished (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Unlike the Nicobarese, the tribes in Andaman live in hilly areas and not near the sea.
		But because the Nicobarese population is quite high, there are chances that lot of them may have survived," said Maurya.
		The Nicobarese have been mixing with settlers on the island.
	us.rediff.com /news/2004/dec/29tribe.htm (885 words)

	NEWS - Comcast.net
		Almost all those killed in the archipelago were Nicobarese, a tribe numbering more than 30,000 that participates in broader society _ unlike four tribes totaling about 1,000 people who live in isolation.
		Those left without families were cared for by other tribe members, many of whom still worship nature, the winds, the sea and spirits while practicing their adopted Christian faith.
		Many Nicobarese also are learning jobs long dominated by settlers, such as repairing motorcycles, running shops and operating computers.
	www.comcast.net /news/index.jsp?cat=ASIA&fn=/2005/12/23/290126.html (783 words)

	CANOE -- CNEWS - World - Tsunami Disaster: Tribe shows courage, resilience
		The Nicobarese are the largest of the tribes in India’s Andaman and Nicobar islands, where 901 people have died and another 5,914 are missing and feared dead.
		Thousands of Nicobarese were killed when the tsunami flattened 12 of the island’s 15 villages, he said.
		But survivors among the estimated 30,000-strong tribe have shown courage and resilience in the face of the tragedy, a trait they say came from deep community bonds and centuries of traditions of sharing joy and sadness.
	cnews.canoe.ca /CNEWS/World/Tsunami/2005/01/06/pf-812764.html (450 words)

	Ancient traditions, community help tribe spring back swiftly after tsunami (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		To the question "Are you enjoying life?" 87 per cent Nicobarese men and 80 per cent women said Yes, compared with a Yes from 42 per cent non-tribal men and 32 per cent women.
		"The Nicobarese are very resilient and they have bounced back much faster," said Samir Acharya, head of the independent Society for Andaman and Nicobar Ecology in Port Blair, the territory's capital.
		Porwal said social bonds were so strong that Nicobarese opposed efforts to quarantine patients suffering from tuberculosis.
	www.cbc.ca /cp/world/051122/w112286.html (612 words)

	WXIA-11alive.com - Print Article - Atlanta,Georgia,11Alive,ATLANTA,News,Weather,Doppler,sports,events (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		But on Saturday, officials on Campbell Bay island reported that a Nicobarese man named Michael Mangal had been spotted on deserted Pillow Panja island on Jan. 19, wearing underwear and waving a cloth made from the rest of his clothes.
		Mangal was sucked into the sea when the first tsunami wave retreated, but an even bigger second wave dumped him back on the shore.
		The Nicobarese are the largest tribal group in the islands with about 30,000 members, accounting for about one-tenth of the archipelago's population.
	www.11alive.com /news/printarticle.aspx?storyid=57808 (243 words)

	HindustanTimes.com
		Of the six scheduled tribes in the islands, all five, except Nicobarese, are classified as primitive tribes.
		The Nicobarese, inhabiting 12 of the 22 islands in the Nicobars district, constitute the largest group among tribals and is moderately advanced.
		The Nicobarese, unlike other tribals, are receiving education and have also started entering government services.
	www.hindustantimes.com /news/specials/andaman/tribals.html (1006 words)

	Because of Connection to Natural World Primitive Tribes of Andaman and Nicobar Islands Escape Tsunami The Hindu (India) ...
		The worst-hit islands of Nicobar and Car Nicobar consists of the Nicobarese who are the largest Scheduled Tribe in the union territory, according to an official release.
		The Nicobarese, 3000 of whom are still missing, have taken the brunt of the tsunami most due to its geographical location.
		The southern part of Car Nicobar island, inhabited by the Mongolian-origin primitive tribe of Shompen, who were feared to have been hit badly by the tidal waves due to its proxomity to Sumatra which was epicentre of the massive earthquake, have now been confirmed safe by-and-large after an aerial survey, the release said.
	www.mindfully.org /Health/2005/Tsunami-Andaman-Nicobar5jan04.htm (1585 words)

	Nicobarese or Nicobaric languages, proto-Nicobar reconstruction (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Remarkably the Nicobarese are the only Mon-Khmer speaking community to live isolated from the mainland.
		Phonologically Nicobarese is marked by various shifts that have restructured the consonant system, yet we can see that the changes must have occurred after the isolation of the language.
		Vocabulary of Dialects Spoken in the Nicobar and Andaman Isles.
	www.anu.edu.au /~u9907217/languages/nicobarese.html (729 words)

	A people in peril
		According to Vidya Arankalle of the NIV, who is part of the HBV investigation team, though the earlier 2,000 samples were from both the tribal and settler populations, this high 15.5 per cent prevalence rate was found in the samples belonging to the tribal communities.
		Of the 1,144 Nicobarese samples, a total of 267 samples were found to be positive for HBsAg (see table).
		Fractions that had a history of surgery or blood transfusion or promiscuous sexual behaviour were low, though the study believes that there could be under-reporting of the last of the factors.
	www.hindu.com /fline/fl1716/17160840.htm (2649 words)

	Nicobarese languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Nicobarese languages form an isolated group of six closely-related Mon-Khmer languages from the Austro-Asiatic language family, which are spoken by the indigenous inhabitants of the Nicobar Islands of India.
		The morphological similarities between Nicobarese languages and Austronesian languages have been used to help support the Austric hypothesis.
		A monograph titled "A study on the Nicobarese Language" authored by A R Das, is available from the Anthropological Survey of India offices across India
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Nicobarese_languages (135 words)

	News: South Asia: Earthquake and Tsunami - Dec 2004, Paradise lost: tsunami crushes age-old Indian tribe
		Today, government-built shelters have forced the Nicobarese into nuclear families -- and undermined their traditions.
		But gradually they open up to the outsider: government rations -- mostly rice and lentils -- are scarcely enough and the compensation for agricultural losses hopelessly inadequate.
		Samir Acharya of the Society for Andaman and Nicobar Ecology worries the Nicobarese, used to a life of leisure under the palms, are being forced to join the modern world too quickly, and the pressures could destroy their society.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/SODA-6CV8L9?OpenDocument (928 words)

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