The Paliyan , or Pulliyar , Palaiyar or Pazhaiyarare are a group of around 9,500 formerly nomadic Dravidian tribals living in the South Western Ghats montane rain forests in South India , especially in Tamil Nadu and Kerala . They are traditional nomadic hunter-gatherers , honey hunters and foragers. Yams are their major food source. In the early part of the 20th century the Paliyans dressed scantily and lived in rock crevices and caves. Most have now transformed to traders of forest products, food cultivators and beekeepers. Some work intermittently as wage laborers, mostly on plantations. They are a Scheduled Tribe . They speak a Dravidian language, Paliyan , closely related to Tamil .
5-512: "Thurston,(1909) quoting from the writing of Rev. F. Dahman.(1908) describes Palians as nomadic tribe, who for the most part rove in small parties through the jungle clad gorges ( Sholas ) that fringe the upper Palnis plateau. Pate (1916) describes Paliyans as a "Very backward caste who live-in small scattered parties amid the jungles of the upper Palnis and the Varrushanadu valley". Gardner describes Paliyans as moderately dark in complexion, short in stature, and their physical characteristics fall within
10-409: A natural setting, cultivating a mature and independent self, respecting all others and fostering a peaceful society". Peter M. Gardner (2000) studied the conflict resolution and nonviolence among recently sedentary Paliyan foragers. According to his research, Paliyan foragers in south India remain relatively nonviolent when becoming sedentary. Successful Paliyan peacekeeping may be due in part to both
15-546: The destruction of many species, including the cinnamon through bark collection. But now with only a small population of cinnamon trees surviving deep in the core of the forest, the Paliyan have informed the contractor that 'the cinnamon has been exhausted, and leave these trees alone' Sholas Too Many Requests If you report this error to the Wikimedia System Administrators, please include
20-444: The multiplicity of their safeguards, the prevention of positive feedback and retreat from conflict. In the long run, however, altered treatment of children foreshadows change. The Paliyan are not very willing agents of all this destruction; but with their traditional hunting - gathering economy no longer a practical proposition, they are dependent on forest produce collection for a living. As such, they have been directly responsible for
25-414: The range of South and South East Asian. - To learn subsistence skills with minimal formal verbal instruction. - To ascertain themselves what others denote by terms – in the face of substantial interpersonal knowledge variation. - To "know" by testing empirically the validity of theories (e.g., on the condition of a hunted animal) . He summarizes: "The Paliyan prescription for a good life - residing in
#756243