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Kirip ( Nicobarese wrestling ) (574 words) |
 | In this sport, before the bout begins, wrestlers grip each other from behind with their hands, and this grip is not to be slackened till the very end of the competition. |
| Saldu, a form of wrestling, is one of the prominent sports of the Nicobarese tribe. |
| Another popular sport of the Nicobarese tribals is the pig fight, which is an essential part of their festivals. |
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| The Nicobarese have not come to the point where they feel these items were stolen from them, but are amazed that someone had enough respect for and interest in their culture to store these items. |
| Nicobarese festivities and ceremonies such as Panuohonot, which involves fights between men and pigs, or Kinruaka, an ossuary celebration culminating in the secondary burial of previously deceased ancestors, have always played a crucial role in promoting the cohesion and identity of the Nicobarese community. |
| Illustrated with haunting pictures of broken coconut trees, Nicobarese searching the beaches for flotsam and jetsam, and the depressingly ineffective traces of the relief efforts, that chapter is both homage to the resilience of the Nicobarese and a scathing criticism of the prevalent system of disaster relief. |
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