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Ancient forest tribe 'all safe' from tide
AP ^ | January 7, 2005 | Neelesh Misra and Rupak Sanyal

Posted on 01/09/2005 6:36:38 PM PST by ConservativeStatement

In a rare meeting with outsiders, the men said all 250 members of the tribe escaped inland and were surviving on coconuts. Even though the Jarawas sometimes meet with local officials to receive government-funded supplies, the tribe is wary of visitors.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: archaeology; ggg; godsgravesglyphs; history; india; jarawa; tribe; tsunami

1 posted on 01/09/2005 6:36:38 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

Is this the same tribe that was shooting arrows at helicopters?


2 posted on 01/09/2005 6:54:18 PM PST by PistolPaknMama (Will work for cool tag line.)
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To: PistolPaknMama

No, that was the Sentinelese.


3 posted on 01/09/2005 6:56:54 PM PST by Strategerist
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To: PistolPaknMama

Well, surviving on coconuts is a pretty unhealthy thing. If they were shooting arrows at aid helicopters, coconut diet would serve them just right.


4 posted on 01/09/2005 6:59:26 PM PST by GSlob
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan



The animals also escaped Inland. Perhaps we should all return to nature!


5 posted on 01/09/2005 7:07:21 PM PST by LauraleeBraswell (“"Hi, I'm Richard Gere and I'm speaking for the entire world.” -Richard Gere)
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan


This article was too funny. I know it wasn't meant to be, but it really really was.


6 posted on 01/09/2005 7:09:42 PM PST by LauraleeBraswell (“"Hi, I'm Richard Gere and I'm speaking for the entire world.” -Richard Gere)
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To: LauraleeBraswell

I agree. What a riot!


7 posted on 01/09/2005 7:19:01 PM PST by keats5
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To: LauraleeBraswell

Well, these guys have been around for a long time.

Maybe they know what they're doing?


8 posted on 01/09/2005 7:43:36 PM PST by proxy_user
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To: SunkenCiv; blam

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9 posted on 01/09/2005 8:05:48 PM PST by Shermy
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To: MassRepublicanFlyersFan

"Even though the Jarawas sometimes meet with local officials to receive government-funded supplies..."

What a world - even the most remote savages are on welfare.


10 posted on 01/09/2005 8:40:14 PM PST by WorkingClassFilth
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To: LauraleeBraswell

I read the article initially in the New York Post and I am guilty of a chuckle and smirk, too.


11 posted on 01/09/2005 9:01:05 PM PST by ConservativeStatement
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To: GSlob

Fresh coconut is one of the most healthy things to eat. Coconut oil is better than hydrogenated oil and all that other artery clogging garbage in snack food.


12 posted on 01/09/2005 9:04:30 PM PST by cyborg (http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
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To: LauraleeBraswell

When asked what they typically eat, Ashu said pork and fish killed with arrows. "And we like honey."

*** Well that won't make them popular with PETA.


13 posted on 01/09/2005 9:07:33 PM PST by cyborg (http://mentalmumblings.blogspot.com/)
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To: Shermy
thanks Shermy.
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Archaeology/Anthropology/Ancient Cultures/Artifacts/Antiquities, etc.
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-- Gods, Graves, Glyphs (alpha order)

14 posted on 01/10/2005 10:53:27 AM PST by SunkenCiv (the US population in the year 2100 will exceed a billion, perhaps even three billion.)
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