Chakkapadigai tribal village, irular tribes, nilgiri district, kothagiri..
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In this video we will see about Chakkapadigai, a village of the Ilular tribe, which is located behind Bhavanisagar Dam near Kotagiri, Nilgiri District.A 1km walk along an elephant track leads to a village of only 9 houses deep in the thick forest.They rely on rains for agriculture and earn a living by doing wage labor during droughts.They live happily among the wild animals, despite the lack of basic amenities.In this video, we are presenting the lifestyle of the Irular tribal people who live in a dangerous valley where two mountains meet.
Irulars are small tribal community in the part of Dravidian language group which is spoken in south eastern India. They belong to the Negrito (or Negroid) race which is one of the six main ethnic groups that add to the racial mosaic of India12. The origin of the word “Irular” is not clear.
Irula, also known as Iruliga, are a Dravidian ethnic group inhabiting the Indian states of Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka. A scheduled tribe, their population in this region is estimated at around 200,000 people. People of Irula ethnicity are called Irular, and speak Irula, which belongs to the Dravidian languages family.
The tribe numbers around 200,000 spread across three states: 189,621 in Tamil Nadu, 23,721 in Kerala and 10,259 in Karnataka. Those in Karnataka are named Iruligas. The Irulas are mainly concentrated in northern Tamil Nadu: in a wedge extending from Krishnagiri and Dharmapuri districts in the west to Ariyalur and Cuddalore districts in the south and Tiruvallur district in the north. Small populations live in Coimbatore and Nilgiris districts and were classified by Thurston as a different population. In Kerala, the Irulas are in Palakkad district, while in Karnataka they are concentrated in Ramanagara and Bangalore districts.
The Irula people practice some sort of Animism where they primarily believe in a Goddess named Inga who lives with her 6 sisters worshipped in the form of stones under trees. The Irula people traditionally believe that these 7 sisters created the first Irula man and woman. This traditional concept of 7 Goddesses was Sanskritised as Sapta Matrika. The Irula people also believe in Ancestral Spirits, and they traditionally believe that Kannipe (spirits of virgin girls) can possess anyone. These kannipe spirits are worshipped as guardian deities of villages by Irula tribals. The Irula also believe in the presence of evil spirits known as Pe who can possess and haunt people in order to keep these spirits away. A Rooster is sacrificed and offered to them. Many Irula people worship Hindu Gods and also take part in Hindu festivals. Some Irulas have also been converted to Christianity.
Traditionally, the main occupation of the Irulas has been snake, rat catching and honey collection. They also work as labourers (coolies) in the fields of the landlords during the sowing and harvesting seasons or in the rice mills. Fishing and cattle farm is also a major occupation.
நீலகிரி மாவட்டம் கோத்தகிரி அருகே பவானிசாகர் அணை பின்புறம் அமைந்துள்ள சக்கப்படிகை என்னும் இருளர் பழங்குடியின மக்கள் வாழும் கிராமத்தை பற்றி இந்த காணொளியில் பார்க்கலாம். அடர்ந்த காட்டுக்குள் 9 வீடுகள் மட்டுமே உள்ள கிராமத்திற்கு யானை வழித்தடம் வழியே 1கமீ நடந்து செல்ல வேண்டும். மழை பொழிவை நம்பி விவசாயம் செய்து வாழும் இவர்கள் வறட்சி காலங்களில் கூலி வேலை செய்து வாழக்கையை நடத்துகின்றனர்.வனவிலங்குகள் மத்தியில் அடிப்படை வசதியின்றி இருந்தாலும்,மகிழ்ச்சியாக வாழ்கின்றனர்.இரண்டு மலை இணையும் ஆபத்தான பள்ளதாக்கில் வாழும் இருளர் பழங்குடியின மக்களின் வாழ்க்கை முறையை இந்த காணொளியில் தொகுத்து வழங்கி இருக்கின்றோம்.
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