africa is a continent full of beauty its beauty can be seen through its places and its people
welcome to the amazing people of africa series where we take
a look at some of the indigenous people of africa we'll be looking at their lifestyle
culture and getting to learn about life through their knowledge and experiences
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in today's video we take you all the way to india
you may be wondering why since this is a show about the amazing people of africa
well with a population of over 1 billion india has something quite unique the cities
in every way the cities are indian citizens they speak the language they leave the culture
they identify as indians but what you might not know is they are actually of african origin
the city people are an indo-african community that descended from the bantu people of africa
they originated from southeast africa from the coastal regions such as inland tanzania malawi
and even dr congo it is believed that they were taken to india in several waves starting as early
as the 7th century first by the arab merchants and later by the portuguese at the british
unfortunately majority of them were taken to india as slaves but some were also taken as
blacksmiths carpenters and masons once there they were forced to work for inhumane colonizers the
lucky cities held jobs such as guards musicians and agricultural workers after centuries of the
practice india abolished slavery in the mid-1800s and the sydney people were freed unable to leave
india many of them formed their own communities today there are about 850 000 cities in
india unfortunately due to the indian caste system and racial discrimination many cities went into
self-exclusion by hiding in the forest immediately they were freed from bondage they made the forest
their homes and started farming to sustain their lives today some cities still live in
physical isolation in forests but majority of them have physically integrated in towns and villages
the cities speak their own language called sidi basha which contains word tracking back
to the bantu language of sub-saharan africa and having lived in karnataka for generations
they are also fluent in kanada the language spoken predominantly by the people of karnataka
despite having lived in india for centuries the city have managed to retain their beautiful and
unique african features because they mostly marry within their communities it's extremely rare for a
city man to marry a person outside their community although in pakistan a growing number of them do
in tamari they still hold dearly to their african cultural traditions such as music dance and
ceremonies their musical performances use a lot of percussional instruments particularly african
bamboo style drums when it comes to religion it is important to the cities but it has never been
a source of division among the people most of the cities follow hinduism but there is a significant
number following islam and christianity the sydney people caught national attention in india in the
late 1980s when the sports authority of india racially decided that because of their african
lineage their natural athleticism could be used to win medals for india at world competitions
cities face significant challenges both in india and pakistan
they are forcefully put in lower indian castes because they have a darker skin tone
and have different physical traits this is the main reason they face discrimination
though the indian government has put in some protective measures
on 8th january 2003 the union government brought the cities under the list of scheduled tribes
with a view to empowering them constitutionally further policies to provide homes for homeless
cities water facilities education employment opportunities and more was offered to the cities
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