{"id":20703,"date":"2026-08-14T12:53:39","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T07:23:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=20703"},"modified":"2026-08-14T14:13:24","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T08:43:24","slug":"shompen-tribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/shompen-tribe\/","title":{"rendered":"Shompen Tribe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Shompen Tribe Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, tribal leaders have accused the Andaman and Nicobar island administration of seeking to drag the Shompen, an isolated indigenous community into a \u201cmodern lifestyle\u201d.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Shompen Tribe<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are one of the <\/span><b>most isolated tribes on Earth.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are designated as <\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/particularly-vulnerable-tribal-groups\/\" target=\"_blank\">Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups<\/a><\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/particularly-vulnerable-tribal-groups\/\" target=\"_blank\"> (PVTGs)<\/a><\/strong> in India.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They reside in dense tropical rain forests of the <\/span><b>Great Nicobar Island of Andaman and Nicobar group of Islands.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Occupation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Shompen are <\/span><b>nomadic hunter-gatherers,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> living in small groups.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Diet:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They collect a wide variety of rainforest plants, but their staple food is the pandanus fruit, which <\/span><b>they call larop.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Language:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Shompen speak their own language, which has many dialects.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are of short to medium stature, have a round or nearly broad head shape, narrow nose, a broad facial profile, and <\/span><b>distinctly exhibit Mongoloid features.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Society<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have <\/span><b>nuclear families comprising husband<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, wife, and their unmarried children.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Shompen family is <\/span><b>controlled by the eldest male member<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who controls all activities of the women and kids.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monogamy is the general rule, although polygamy is allowed too.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Shompen <\/span><b>worship the moon, known as Houou,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> as their goddess, whom they believe created the universe.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/sci-tech\/energy-and-environment\/former-ani-chief-secretary-said-shompen-tribe-must-adopt-modern-lifestyle-brought-by-gni-project-alleges-tribal-council\/article71337978.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shompen Tribes are designated as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in India. 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