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And Gail, they have that sort of thing about
so many peoples.
"Father, publish Your glad tidings of
redemption and release to the
Kurumba.
May Your gospel spread rapidly over the
natural bridges of relationships in
families and villages."
Visit
http://www.calebproject.org/nance/n949.htm
Hang the Caleb Project and Nance Profiles out
to dry!
Their site is full of the most racist fascist
slamming of indigenous cultures
that white racism could ever come up with.
It should read "May OUR gospel spread rapidly
like a disease via un-natural means
till it destroys all the relationships,
families and villages of your people."
Does anyone know a gallows builder, Haman is
at the gate.
Matthew
We also need a place where we can provide
info about communities that
counteracts the sort of slanderous
information given in webpages like
"http://www.calebproject.org/nance/n949.htm". I
looked up that webpage and
was *horrified* at what I read about
communities in India. Given below is a
copy of what the Cabal Project -- sorry,
Caleb project (that was a freudian
slip!) -- has to say about the Kurumbas
(though they're a Kurumba group
that lives elsewhere in India -- I don't
think they're related to the Betta
Kurumbas I work with). I could tell you a lot
of positive things about the
Kurumbas I've met, in contrast to the
negative, biased information given on
that site!
Gail Coelho
Appendix: Extract from Caleb Project's Nance
Profile on Kurumbas in India
-- I don't think the authors are even aware
that 'Kurumba' is actually a
cover term for many different ethnic
communities in India:
MARC ID: 2717.
ALTERNATE NAMES: Korambar, Kuramwari, Kurumar, Kurumbar,
Kuruba, Kurumban, Kurumvari.
SIZE OF GROUP: 11,000 in
Dharmapuri district of Tamil Nadu.
LOCATION: Also in
Madras, Maharashitra, Mysore, Andhra
Pradesh,
Kerala
The
following
is taken
from
11/26/84
issue of
GLOBAL
PRAYER
DIGEST
Frontier
Fellowship,
Inc.,P.O. Box
90970,
Pasadena,
CA 91104
PLEAD
WITH GOD
FOR THE
HIDDEN
PEOPLES
PRAY
FOR THE
11,000
HINDU-ANIMIST
KURUMBAS
OF TAMIL
NADU,
INDIA
"Because
you
eloped
rather
than
getting
approval
to
marry,
you
will
have
to
appear
before
the
village
council.
If
you
do
not
come
you
must
leave
the
village
and
never
return."
Clan
roles
among
the
Kurumba
in
India
may
seem
a bit
harsh
to
Westerners.
This
couple
was
fortunate.
They
were
of
the
same
clan
and
caste,
and
thus
would
not
automatically
be
excommunicated.
But
even
though
eloping
is a
common
practice
among
the
Kurumba,
still
the
marriages
are
usually
arranged
by
the
families
within
the
same
villages,
and
any
flaunting
of
the
customs,
even
in
long-recognized
patterns,
must
be
pardoned
by
the
panchayat
- the
village
council.
The
panchayat
also
must
approve
separation
or
divorce,
but
polygamy
is
a
commonly
accepted
practice.
The
Kurumbas
as a
people
group
spread
over
several
states
of
India:
Kerala,
Kamataka,
Andhra
Pradesh,
and
Tamil
Nadu.
These
eleven
thousand
who
reside
in
Dharmapuri
district
of
Tamil
Nadu,
India,
were
once
nomadic
but
now
are
plains
farmers
though
they
still
keep
sheep.
As a
people
group,
the
Kurumbas
worship
nearly
all
the
Hindu
gods,
as
well
as
local
gods
and
personified
objects
like
stones
and
trees. They
believe
that
many
people
are
possessed
with
evil
spirits,
whom
they
fear
and
want
to
appease.
A
sick
man,
for
instance,
will
not
hesitate
to
sacrifice
a
goat
to
evil
spirits
in
order
to
have
a
speedy
recovery.
As
yet
there
is no
portion
of
Scripture
in
the
Kurumba
language.
Father,
publish
Your
glad
tidings
of
redemption
and
release
to
the
Kurumba.
May
Your
gospel
spread
rapidly
over
the
natural
bridges
of
relationships
in
families
and
villages.
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