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"The communnity is egalitarian," reports Nurit Bird-David.<ref>Nurit Bird-David, "The Nayaka of the Wynaad, South India" in ''The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Hunters and Gatherers'' ed. Richard B. Lee and Richard H. Daly (1999). | "The communnity is egalitarian," reports Nurit Bird-David.<ref>Nurit Bird-David, "The Nayaka of the Wynaad, South India" in ''The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Hunters and Gatherers'' ed. Richard B. Lee and Richard H. Daly (1999).</ref> | ||
A couple who sleeps together and shares foraging duties and domestic chores eventually becomes recognized as married, without a marriage ceremony. A married couple and their children live together, although sometimes newly weds temporarily live with the bride's family.<ref>Bird-David, "The Nayaka."</ref> | A couple who sleeps together and shares foraging duties and domestic chores eventually becomes recognized as married, without a marriage ceremony. A married couple and their children live together, although sometimes newly weds temporarily live with the bride's family.<ref>Bird-David, "The Nayaka."</ref> | ||
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The Nayaka are an egalitarian foraging people in South India.
Culture
"The communnity is egalitarian," reports Nurit Bird-David.[1]
A couple who sleeps together and shares foraging duties and domestic chores eventually becomes recognized as married, without a marriage ceremony. A married couple and their children live together, although sometimes newly weds temporarily live with the bride's family.[2]
Economy
The Nayaka diet is mainly based on foraged yams, nuts, honey, and fish, along with purchased or bartererd rice. Hunting is rare, but game include deer, lizards and pigs.[3]
Environment
The Nayaka cosmovision is traditionally animistic and reveres the naturalistic devaru (spirits) and ancestors that inhabit the forest. The religion has also incorporated minor deities of Hindu neighbors.[4]
