African and hindu culture-one and same
  • THE AFRICAN CONNECTION
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    1 Black Skin
    The most evident similarity between Africans and dravidians is their
    black skin colour. It often approaches deep black, and when shiny
    resemble tar. The Adi Dravidas (true Dravidians) of South India are
    black like the Africans with a slightly different hair texture.

    2 Nasal Index
    The nose of dravidians closely resembles that of Negroids and
    Australoids, being very broad. In both pure black African and pure
    dravidian it is often as wide as it is broad, ie. the nasal index
    (ratio of width to height) is 100. By contrast Caucasians are fine-
    nosed. The Indo-Aryan is thus very similar to the European,
    possessing a fine nose, while the Sudroid is related to the Africa.

    3 Wavy-Curly Hair & Thick Lips
    The hair of dravidians is wavy and often curly, with imported
    Africans ( eg. the Makranis, the Siddis of Sind and the Dakhin ) it
    is frizzy. It is a common misconception to asume all Africoids have
    frizzy hair; it is often curly and wavy in Nubia and Abyssinia.

    4 Prognathism
    Pronounced prognathism is characteristic of all black races from
    Africa to southern India and Oceania - Australia. In addition, the
    teeth are relatively larger in case of Australoids and Kolarians, as
    well as Dravidians.

    5 Skeletal Similarities
    Long Forearm -
    The forearm of Suroids and Africans are long.
    Dolicocephaly -
    Dolicocephaly ( long-headedness ) is common amongst Sudras. In fact,
    many are classed as hyperdolicocephalic. Dolicocephaly is common
    amongst East Africans in general ( Nilotes, Sudanic Blacks and
    Cushites - Hamites or Abyssinians )

    6. Boomerang & Hunting Customs
    The boomerang is used by Dravidian aboriginals, Australoids and is
    recorded from Egypt.

    7. Theological
    Both Africans and Dravidians held a common interest in the cult of
    the Serpent and believed in a Supreme God, who lived in aplace of
    peace and tranqulity. Murugan the Dravidian god of the mounatins
    parallels a common god in East Africa worshipped by 25 ethnic groups
    called Murungu, the god who resides in the mountains.

    8. Burial & Death Rites
    Burning of the dead body is a characteristic of Indo-Aryans, while
    burial of the dead was common to Indo-Africans. In both South India
    and the Western Sudan and Senegal/Gambia the dead were buried and
    interned in terra cotta jars.

    9. Circumcision & Initiation Rites
    Circumcision, both male and female, was practiced by Dravidians and
    is still widely practiced in Africa.

    10. Agricultural
    Both groups use the hoe for tilling the ground, manuring the ground
    to fertilize crops, terracing irrrigation and canal building. Wheat
    of the 6-row variety, which is found in predynastic graves in Egypt,
    has been discovered at Harappan sites dating much later, as late as
    2300-1750 BC. On the Gangetic plain, barley was found at neolithic
    Hallum in Mysore state (1800 BC). Pearl millet has been found at
    Saurasthra and Ahar (1200-100 BC). Indian sorghum is clearly of
    African origin. Cultivated cotton which came from West Africa appear
    at Mohenjo-Daro and harrapa from 2300-1700 BC

    11. Inheritance
    Among the ali tiravitar (Adi Dravidas, or real Dravidians), the
    system of inheritance passes from the uncle to his nephews, instead
    of his sons (maru makkal tayam) as in Africa and is still practiced
    by some communities in South India.

    12. Calendrical
    The Dravidians and Africans used the same calendrical systema
    13. Megalithic Cultures
    Megalithic cultures in India and Africa dating to the third
    millenium BC are very similar: both contain black-and-red ware,
    bones and pottery sarcophagi near water tanks. Cave paintings are
    also very similar, pointing to ancient contacts.
    14. Pottery : Red-and-Black Ware
    The black races are consistently associated with red-and-black
    pottery all over the world. Pottery of the Nubians is very similar
    to Dravidian pottery.

    15. LINGUISTIC

    Evident linguistic connections such as these are abundant:
    AFRICAN INDIAN


    Botswana, Bophutatswana (reg) Gondwana (region)
    Ila (tr.) Irula
    Ila Bhilla
    Iramba (rift Bantu) Irula
    Ganda (tr.) Ganda (anus, Sans.)
    Gonder (town, reg.) Gond (tribe)
    Gongola Gond
    Gonga (people,Ghana) Gond),
    Galla (tribe) Goala (caste), Gaya (town
    Kongo (river, reg., tribe) Kongu Nadu (reg.), Kond or Khond (tribe
    Kadamba Kurumba (tribe, dyn.)
    Katanga (distt., Congo) Kurumba
    Karanga (eth.Zimbab.) Kurumba
    Kamba (n.e. Bantu) Kadamba (or Kurumba)
    Kinga (tr.) Kalinga (nation)
    Kinga (Nyasa Bantu, Tanz.) Kalinga (natn.,race)
    Manyika Mleccha (sans. for barbarian
    Masai (e. Nilotes) Malay or Malabar, Mallas
    Mende (w.afr.people) Manda (Drav.people)
    Nuer Nayar (caste)

    Pongo Pengu (tr.,Orissa
    Turu (rift Bantu) Tulu
    Toga Toda
    Tsonga (tribe) Tunga (Kalinga abor. rulg. family)
    Tonga (tribe) Tunga
    Ubangi (river) Bhangi (caste
    Uganda Konda (Dr.tr.), Gonda

    Zulu (tr., S.Af.) Tulu
    The `Congo' river and the `Kongo' tribes are cognate to the Kongu
    Nadu comprising the Salem tract in Tamil Nadu prior to its conquest
    by the Cholas. The Mbangala or Imbangala warrior tribe of central
    Angola are cognate to the Bangala tribe and the region named after
    them in eastern India. The Galla are the largest ethnic group in
    Ethiopia, forming 40 % of the population. They are cattle-herders,
    as are the black-skinned low-caste known as Goala (cow-herders) in
    central India. The Mbundu are the second-largest ethnic group of
    Angola while the Munda are in Eastern India.
    The Godabas of Somalia may have given their name to the Godavari
    River in the Deccan. Congates of `gond' and `gong' are widespread in
    Africa and Dravida. Gonder or Gondar is the ancient capital of
    Ethiopia 1652-1855 as well as the surrounding region. The Gond are a
    large group of Draviidan tribes in Central India. Senegalese and
    Dravidian languages are closely related grammatically, structurally
    and lexically.

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