The report of?Covid-19?cases among the members of the?Great Andamanese?tribe is a matter of concern as the total population of the tribe is already low.
- Great Andamanese is one of five?PVTGs?that reside in?Andamans archipelago.
- They speak?Jeru dialect?among themselves and their number stands at 51 as per the last study carried out by Andaman Adim Janjati Vikas Samiti in 2012.
- Tuberculosis?and?alcoholism?are widespread which makes them particularly vulnerable to Covid-19.
- In 1908, the term “Andamanese” referred to?thirteen distinct tribal groups, each distinguished by a different?dialect?and?geographical location.?
The Andamans accommodate main five vulnerable tribes:?
- ?The Jarwa, The Sentinelese, The Great Andamanese, Ongee and Shompen.
- The North Sentinelese tribe has been secluded for thousands of years and does not interact with the outside world.
- The North Sentinelese is said to be hostile to the outsiders.
- Tribal communities are often identified by some specific signs such as primitive traits, distinctive culture, geographical isolation, shyness to contact with the community at large.
- Some tribal groups have some specific features such as dependency on hunting, gathering for food, having a pre-agriculture level of technology, zero or negative growth of population and extremely low level of literacy. These groups are called?Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups.
- In 1975, the Government of India initiated to identify the most vulnerable tribal groups as a separate category called PVTGs and declared 52 such groups, while in 1993 an additional 23 groups were added to the category, making it a total of 75 PVTGs.
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