Mar 12: General Meeting – At the Park Sheraton at 10 AM.The topic for this meeting will be the Coorg culture of India presented by OWC member Meena Naru.
The following should whet everyone's interest about this unique ethnic group (taken from http://members.aol.com/coorg77/coorgs.html)
Coorg is a small state situated on the Western Mountain region of Southern India. It has an area of 1595 square miles with a population of 350,000. Coorg is four times larger than Hong Kong, and seven times larger than Singapore. The 2500-year-old civilization of Coorgs (or Kodavas as it is locally known) evolved from a synthesis of peoples that lived at around the fifth century BC in the region of today's Oman & Yemen, Scythian Greeks, and local women whom they married. Coorgs are Orthodox Hindus, and as a martial race, belong to the ruling class Kshatriya community. During the British influence, Coorgs became highly westernized. Coorgs are a conservative people. They are the only Indian community that does not observe the dowry system...
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