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Recently, some people of the HakkiPikki Tribe survived Covid-19 in Karnataka.
Important points:
- The HakkiPikki tribes are semi nomadic tribal people, have four clans namely the Gujrathioa, Kaliwala, Mewara and Panwara.
- They speak many south Indian languages such as Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam along with Vagribooli which is similar to Guajarati.
- The HakkiPikki, meaning “bird catchers” in Kannada.
- It is a Scheduled Tribe in Karnataka.
Origin and History:
- The origin of HakkiPikki tribal communities has a rich history and is said to be an ancestral relation with the legendary Ranapratap Singh
- The HakkiPikki tribal community are a Kshatriya or warrior tribal community who had to migrate to southern India after their defeat with Mughal kings.
SOURCE: THE HINDU,THE ECONOMIC TIMES ,MINT
