Anthropo Logos. III.

I am fascinated by human cultural stubbornness. There are some cultures which battle geography, genocide, and time itself. In my view, one of these cultures is the Kodagu, also known as the Coorgs of India.

Their culture is quite distinct from other South Indian ethnic groups. Most are Hindus of a warrior caste, yet as Hindus they do not abstain from meat (except beef). They have very distinct jewelry and attires, and their language is also separate from other Dravidian languages (though of the same language family). Physically, they look quite different as well, having features that would fit in with North Indians. These could be evidence to the theory that the Coorgs are indeed an invading group of Iranic Central Asians (perhaps Kurds?) who settled deep into Dravidian country almost two millennia ago. Considering its India, this theory does not seem farfetched at all.

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