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How did the indigenous tribes survive the tsunami?
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We all remember the tsunami that killed more than two million people in 2004.One of the regions hardest hit by the December 26 tsunami was an extremely remote chain of more than 500 islands known collectively as the Andamans and Nicobars.
Governed by India, the archipelago separates the Bay of Bengal from the Andaman Sea. The islands are home to several hunter-gatherer tribes who until fairly recently have had very little contact with the outside world. Anthropologists initially feared the tribes could have been completely wiped out.
The rescue teams sent were observing some strange things as they are reached these remote tribal areas for rescue and relief. While there was massive unbelievable devastation, the primitive tribes were relatively unaffected though most of them lived close by the ocean.
How did the indigenous islanders survive in the tsunami?
''These tribes live close to nature and are known to heed biological warning signs like changes in the cries of birds and the behaviour patterns of land and marine animals,'' V. Raghavendra Rao, Director of the Kolkatta-based Anthropological Survey of India (ASI) told IPS in a phone interrview.
"Their awareness of the ocean, earth, and the movement of animals has been acc**ulated over 60,000 years of inhabiting the islands. Oral history teachings and their hunter-gatherer lifestyle might have prepared them to move deeper into the forests after they felt the first trembles of the earthquake." Says another report.
More info on this story:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/01/0125_050125_tsunami_island.html
http://www.survivalinternational.org/news/1278
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Comment by A.V.Koshy on May 1, 2010 at 4:46pm
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superb story
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Comment by Iyamuremye Jean de Dieu on May 1, 2010 at 4:47pm
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Great post of sharing.
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Comment by Samiran Roy on May 1, 2010 at 4:55pm
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Thank you very much Iyamuremye and A.V.
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