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AN STUDY ON KORAGA TRIBE'S CULTURE DETERIORATING ON THREE POSSIBLE MOTIVES

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1. SANTOSH L1*, RAMNATH SUDHAKAR2 16 Dec 2020 MIBR0104003 3 0
Abstract

Three motives are being identified.1) Cultural Detachment2) Acculturation and 3) Cultural Transformation. The Linguistic Alienation is identified due to Language shift and attrition. The Koraga Tribe belongs to one of the five primitive tribes of Kerala. Koragas are found Throughout the historical Tulunadu region of Karnataka and Kerala. They play a prominent role in the Cultural and Traditional landscapes of Tuluva Culture. The Koragas are facing Cultural and linguistic alienation against socio cultural motives. The Koraga Tribe had lost their language in past decades. The culture of Koraga Tribe like Bootha Kola is on the verge of extinction. This paper proposes to discuss the Cultural and Linguistic Alienation of the Koraga Tribe in the Kasaragod District. Cultural discourses on the Koraga Tribe had been subjected to study. The motives of Language loss are also addressed. The methodology of study is based on the empirical approach of data. Personal Interviews had been conducted during the cultural discourse. Field visits had been conducted into the Koraga Hamlets in the Perla and Enmakaje Panchayaths of Kasaragod. The Literature reviews carried out were mainly from the studies of Historians like Dr. Gururaja Bhat and B. A Salathoor are available exclusively in Kannada and Tulu. Oral Folk traditions had been recorded during the study The preliminary findings of the paper include the motives of the cultural deterioration of the Koraga Tribe. Three motives are being identified.1) Cultural Detachment2) Acculturation and 3) Cultural Transformation. The Linguistic Alienation is identified due to Language shift and attrition.

Keywords

: cultural-discourse, Cultural-Alienation, Acculturation, Linguistic

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