.dombii as scavenger woman

[Raveen Satkurunathan]

There are places named as DOMBAGODA in Sri Lanka, Goda was usually a settlement
of "lower caste" people although not always.

On Fri, 21 Apr 2000 23:06:37 IST, balakrishnan raju
<balakrishnanraju at HOTMAIL.COM> wrote:
>According to Madras Census Report,1892, by M.A.Stuart: "The Dombs are a
>Dravidian caste of weavers and menials, found in the hill tract of
>Vizagapatnam and in Koraput..."
>In the current Indian context Dombs are classified as Scheduled caste. They
>live as  neighbours of Kondh. They play a subordinate role to Kondhs and
>acts as a messenger for Khondhs.I have visited such Domb settlements in
>Koraput and Rayagada districts of Orissa.
>There are villages named after Dombs. A search for 'Domb' prefixed village
>names yields following results:
>Tamilnadu(1)- Dombucheri
>Orissa(5) Dombaguda,Dombobisoiput, Dombo Turunji, Dombuai guda(koraput and
>Donma diha.
>West Bengal(2) Domberya, Dombandi
>Assam (1) Dombaha
>Bihar(7)- Dombaha, Domba Pahari, Dombi Duar etc.,
>Karnataka (11- Domba Kuppa, Dombara Halli, Dombar Hop, Dombara mattur etc.,
>It is pertinent to note that normally suffixes like 'Cheri' (as in the case
>of Dombucheri) and Kuppa (as in Domba kuppa) are associated with the
>settlements of so called 'low-caste' people (though always not the case).
>
>Regards
>
>R.Balakrishnan
>
>
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