The first authoritative reports are now coming in on the fate of the five isolated tribes of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, hit hard by the Asian quake disaster. All appear to have survived. The more numerous Nicobarese tribe, however, has suffered huge loss of life.
The 270 Jarawa, who lived in complete isolation until recently, appear to have escaped unharmed. They almost certainly were living in the forest when the tsunami struck.
South East Asia
FIRST CONFIRMED NEWS ON ISOLATED TRIBES OF THE ANDAMAN / NICOBAR ISLANDS
Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 12:18
The World Was Clean Before We Came...
Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 12:16
The world was clean before we came...
but we did not have even the slightest
sense of decency to think that it is
not a big garbage can or trash mound;...
The world was clean before we came...
with the waters in the rivers and the
oceans clearly reflecting the clouds
and the skies. But we were too complacent
in our attitudes that we dumped every
kind of trash we could not stand the
sight of, much even the smell of;
The world was clean before we came...
with the clean air we breath giving
life to all its inhabitants , until
development as it is called, fouled it
Tribal Peoples Forgotten
Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 12:10
Stop Mission Schools for Tribals in South Palawan!
Submitted by FdN on Sun, 04/06/2008 - 12:09
Will Christian arrogancy and aggression never end? Why evict tribal people from their forest homelands and force them into mission schools? Life in the forest was perfectly adapted to the natural environment over thousands of generations, and this harmony between man and nature is now being destroyed for progress and development. But progress and development for what? Tribal people, once culturally uprooted by civilization, become the underdogs within the civilized society after a short while. This is the result of a UN recent study.
