This people connects the singing cicada with the origin of night and day and is divided into autonomous "local groups," including the Aka-Kol, which are present in both the "Great" division of their home, which includes the Jarawa, and the "Little," which includes the staunchly isolationist Sentinelese.
Customs observed by this people include a "sacred silence" following a successful hunt and the avoiding of particular fruits during the rainy season, which can be explained by the vengeance of Puluga following the death of Tomo, the first man. These people hold that spirits haunt the thickets of the thorny Calamus leaf and are known to encyclopedic detail by the oko-paiad or oko-bumu. This people connects the singing cicada with the origin of night and day and is divided into autonomous "local groups," including the Aka-Kol, which are present in both the "Great" division of their home, which includes the Jarawa, and the "Little," which includes the staunchly isolationist Sentinelese. Considered alongside the Malayasian Semang and other negritos, for 10 points, name this group of islanders who were studied by Radcliffe-Brown.
Customs observed by this people include a "sacred silence" following a successful hunt and the avoiding of particular fruits during the rainy season, which can be explained by the vengeance of Puluga following the death of Tomo, the first man.
{Andamanese} [or {Andaman} Islanders]