Again, the daily routine went something like this. Get up very early, go for a game drives through the park trying to spot a tiger on your own… .have some hot coffee while waiting for the rangers to call in with any tiger spotting..View image….if a tiger was spotted, the usual routine of getting a [...]
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Searching for Tigers in Kanha, India
October 30th, 2006 
Sheila Simkin 
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Kanha National Park, A Tiger Reserve – India
October 29th, 2006 Sheila Simkin Kanha National Park is the area that Kipling wrote about in his Jungle Books. The park covers dense forest, open meadows, plateaus – the habitat tigers prefer. It also supports a wide variety of deer and other animals, perfect for the tiger’s diet of only meat… but never mind the other animals…we were fixated on [...]
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Gond and Baiga People, Chattisgarh/Chhatisgarh – India
October 28th, 2006 Sheila Simkin The Gond are the major tribal group of Central India. At one time forest-dwellers, they are presently settled farmers. Their clan structure and language is different from other tribes…they marry both within and outside of their tribes…practice monogomy, polygamy, cross-cousin marriages, parallel-cousin marriages, remarriage, widow marriage, divorces…they do it all! Clans are usually named after [...]
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The Palace Kawardha, Chattisgarh/Chhatisgarh – India
October 27th, 2006 Sheila Simkin It was a four-hour drive to Palace Kawardha and we met John Ash, of Green Gondwana Adventures, in Raipur for a wonderful lunch of Chinese food. We were very impressed that John took the time to see how the trip was going and find out if we had any comments or suggestions. An excellent tour [...]
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The Muria Village of Terdul, Chattisgarh/Chhatisgarh – India
October 26th, 2006 Sheila Simkin Each Muria village had a different attire – feathers, flowers…an amazing amount of creativity seemed to go into their wearing apparel. The women had facial tattoos, displayed with pride. The tattoos serve a decorative value but also act as protective charms. …View image… I lost track of what tribe was which (with the exception of [...]
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More Murias and Markets, Chattisgarh/Chhatisgarh – India
October 25th, 2006 Sheila Simkin In the village of Garh Bengal, Santu, his brother, Kande and their families hosted us to give an interesting glimpse of developments in the region. Santu has led a traditional Muria life with a Gotul upbringing, while his younger brother, Kande attended a conventional local school. Kande’s substantial and self-built house contained a TV set [...]
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Bison-Horn Maria Tribe, Chattisgarh/Chhatisgarh – India
October 24th, 2006 Sheila Simkin Drove out of Jagdalpur to visit the Bison-Horn Maria tribe. Each tribe put on a performance of their spectacular local dances and we got a good look at village life, costumes, ornaments and customs. …View image… The Bison-Horn Maria quite obviously derive their name from unusual headdresses worn while dancing during ceremonial occasions. Since the [...]
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Bastar and Its Tribes, Chattisgarh/Chhatisgarh – India
October 23rd, 2006 Sheila Simkin Bastar was once a substantial State and the majority of its people are still tribal with unique though rapidly disappearing lifestyles. North Bastar is home to the Muria Gond tribe, famous for their Gotul system. What is a Gotul? It is a co-ed dormitory system where the unmarried young people (from the age of 9 [...]
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Princely State of Kanker, Chattisgarh/Chhatisgarh – India
October 22nd, 2006 Sheila Simkin Another plane ride to Raipur by Indian Airlines, ranked one of the unsafest airlines in the world. Not my choice, but the only one that flew to Raipur…and we’re still alive. John Ash, Green Gondwana Adventures was the person who arranged the entire Central India portion and did an outstanding job. I invite you to [...]
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Planning A Trip to Tribal India
October 19th, 2006 Sheila Simkin Lots of e-mails and Interneting…looking over maps of the area, reading about tiger reserves, even my old Lonely Planet’s India had only a few pages about this area (have to buy a new one), and deciding what were the most important sites to visit. The Chattisgarh and Project Tiger websites were particularly informative in helping [...]
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