CULTURE
DESCRIPTION: The Andaman Islanders Live in the heart of Southeast Asia, but are very small and dark skinned. They look slightly like African pygmies. Some physical characteristics are frizzy hair, dark skin, and being short in stature. they are very similar to Malaysian Negrito tribes. many Andamanese Languages are spoken. these are languages that are similar to those found in Papua New Guinea and Polynesia. Some examples are Jeru, Khora, Andamani, and Hindi ("Andamanese Islands" 2017).
CLOTHING/GEAR: They used bows, adzes, and wooden harpoons. Men wore narrow belts or girdles of hibiscus fiber, and tucked their weapons into their belts while hunting. Women wore branches of leaves cut into strips held up by a belt of pandanus leaves. Many women paint their bodies. Widows tend to wear the skull or jaw of their dead husband ("Tribes of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands" 2015).
FOOD: Before attaining contact, they were strict hunter-gatherer people with absolutely no cultivation. Andamanese tribes eat rice, wheat, dal, and chapati. They also eat fish, crabs, and tubers. They are aquatic people, so they eat octopus, turban and scorpion shell, crabs, and fish. They live off of hunting indigenous pigs, fishing, and gathering ("Andaman Tribes" 2017).
HOLIDAYS: Andaman & Nicobar Administration organizes a fortnight long festival where they celebrate developmental aspects of these lands ("Andamanese Islands" 2017).
RELIGION: These people practice monotheistic animism. They believe that Paluga is the only god, with him being responsible for everything on earth. This god is believed to reside on the Andaman island's saddle peak. The Andaman people with this religion believe in souls, ghosts, and spirits. intriguingly, this religion places strong emphasis on dreams, letting them sway the moral decisions of one's life. Other religions
practiced in the Andaman are, respectively by terms of size, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, Buddhism, and Jainism ("Andaman Tribes" 2017).
RITES OF PASSAGE*: Major ceremonies are held for the initiation of the young and for any death within a tribe. Both types of ceremonies signify the passing of a certain age and the becoming of a new one. if someone has died, the ceremony will symbolize a coming of full spirit. When a young one ages, the ceremony will symbolize the becoming of a full human. People sing, dance, and feast upon a lot of food. The participating individual and their family are usually restricted from what they eat ("Andamanese Islands" 2017).
CLOTHING/GEAR: They used bows, adzes, and wooden harpoons. Men wore narrow belts or girdles of hibiscus fiber, and tucked their weapons into their belts while hunting. Women wore branches of leaves cut into strips held up by a belt of pandanus leaves. Many women paint their bodies. Widows tend to wear the skull or jaw of their dead husband ("Tribes of the Andaman & Nicobar Islands" 2015).
FOOD: Before attaining contact, they were strict hunter-gatherer people with absolutely no cultivation. Andamanese tribes eat rice, wheat, dal, and chapati. They also eat fish, crabs, and tubers. They are aquatic people, so they eat octopus, turban and scorpion shell, crabs, and fish. They live off of hunting indigenous pigs, fishing, and gathering ("Andaman Tribes" 2017).
HOLIDAYS: Andaman & Nicobar Administration organizes a fortnight long festival where they celebrate developmental aspects of these lands ("Andamanese Islands" 2017).
RELIGION: These people practice monotheistic animism. They believe that Paluga is the only god, with him being responsible for everything on earth. This god is believed to reside on the Andaman island's saddle peak. The Andaman people with this religion believe in souls, ghosts, and spirits. intriguingly, this religion places strong emphasis on dreams, letting them sway the moral decisions of one's life. Other religions
practiced in the Andaman are, respectively by terms of size, Hinduism, Christianity, Islam, Sikhism, Buddhism, and Jainism ("Andaman Tribes" 2017).
RITES OF PASSAGE*: Major ceremonies are held for the initiation of the young and for any death within a tribe. Both types of ceremonies signify the passing of a certain age and the becoming of a new one. if someone has died, the ceremony will symbolize a coming of full spirit. When a young one ages, the ceremony will symbolize the becoming of a full human. People sing, dance, and feast upon a lot of food. The participating individual and their family are usually restricted from what they eat ("Andamanese Islands" 2017).
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*This is an example of an Andaman holiday, most likely a rite of passage
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