
Baseline characteristics of control and alcohol dependence subjects in Kota and Badaga populations was presented in table 1. Tonal Blend of the Vocal Group - Medium Blendĥ. 141 Badaga) from the Nilgiri Hills, Tamil Nadu were interviewed based on DSM-IV criteria 27, and 80 subjects in Kota and 80 sub- jects in Badaga were defined as alcohol dependence cases. Repetition - Two thirds/extreme repetition (repeated words or vocables)Ģ. Discover other recordings of children from other ethnic groups in South India.ġ. Before the 18th century and British colonization, the Toda coexisted locally with other ethnic communities, including the Kota, Badaga and Kurumba, in a loose caste-like society, in which the Toda were the top ranking.Ĥ. Describe the place: Toda people are a Dravidian ethnic group who live in the Nilgiri Mountains of Tamil Nadu. The context might be a playground, or “out andĪbout”, as children create in all sorts of settings.ģ. Please dont refer this book for any information about badagas. So saying Badagas migrated from mysore is not true one. Recently a research made by a french liguist Christiane Pilot-Raichoor proved that Badagas not migrated from Mysore and they are the aborigines of Nilgiris. Consider the meaning and use of this song. Badagas is an ethnic group created in nilgiris. Besides the body percussion accompaniment, what kinds of games can we create using this recording?Ģ. Although there isn’t much information available about this song, we know this is a song sung by children. Experiment with a body percussion pattern to go with the song ( Creating World Music)ġ. Sing melody one time through without the recording ( Enactive Listening)Ħ. Sing the song softly with the recording, attempting to match the slow the singing style ( Engaged Listening)ĥ. Play the recording again, and try to hum along the high-low pattern ( Engaged Listening)Ĥ. Play the recording again, and tap the beat along ( Engaged Listening)ģ. What is the pattern of the melody? (brief pattern up, high-low)Ģ.What instruments are playing? (There are no instruments).Who is singing? (A mixed choir of children).Play the recording, asking students to listen in order to respond to these questions ( Attentive Listening): A day in the life of Janagiamma, a senior indigenous healer from the Alu kurumba community of the Nilgiris. Recorded: Ooty and Vicinity, The Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu, India/1989ġ. The ethnic groups of the NBR, like the pastoral community of the Todas, are small populations who generally live in geographical concentrations which they have inhabited for thousands of years.
