13.1.05
Ainda as/os Andaman.
Parece que os Andaman escaparam ao maremoto: «KOLKATA: The five aboriginal tribes inhabiting the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, our last missing link with early civilisation, have emerged unscathed from the tsunamis because of their age old "warning systems". "The tribals get wind of impending danger from biological warning signals like the cry of birds and change in the behavioural patterns of marine animals. They must have run to the forests for safety. No casualties have been reported among these five tribes," ASI Director Dr V R Rao told newsmen today.»
PS: É irritante verificar que há quem ainda use expressões como "our last missing link with civilisation" ou se refira a estas pessoas como "the tribals". Mas infelizmente o Anthropological Survey of India parece reproduzir o sistema de castas, no qual, "abaixo" dos intocáveis ainda há os inclassificáveis "tribais".
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