Kadar people
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| group = Kadar
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| popplace = Tamil Nadu, Kerala
| langs = Kadar language{{cite web|url=https://www.ethnologue.com/18/language/kej/ |title=Kadar |publisher=Ethnologue |date=2016-02-20 |accessdate=2019-10-30}}
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{{hlist| Dravidian | Malayali people | Tamil people | Paraiyar
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File:Kadar girl wearing a comb.jpg
The Kadar are a tribal community or indigenous community in India, a designated Scheduled Tribe in the states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka,{{cite web|url=https://kirtads.kerala.gov.in/tribals-in-kerala/ |title=KIRTADS | Tribals in Kerala |publisher=Kirtads.kerala.gov.in |date= |accessdate=2019-10-30}} and Kerala. They are an aboriginal tribe whose traditional way of life has been based on hunting and gathering. They used to stay in the Annamalai Hills in the Western Ghats, but moved to other locations over the years.{{Cite web |title=Kadar Education at Vazhachal |url=https://keralamuseum.org/article/kadar-education-at-vazhachal/ |access-date=2024-06-03 |website=The Kerala Museum |language=en-US}} They specialized in collecting honey, wax, sago, arrowroot, cardamom, ginger, and umbrella sticks for trade with merchants from the plains.{{Cite web |last=The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica |date=15 September 2014 |title=Kadar |url=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Kadar |url-status= |access-date=25 May 2023 |website=Britannica}} The People of Paraiyar Community claims that Kadar is part of Paraiyar who lives and take care of forest and forest lives.{{cite web|url=http://egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/39135/1/Unit-3.pdf |title=Data |publisher=egyankosh.ac.in |date= |accessdate=2019-10-30}}{{cite web|author=totem |url=https://totemngo.wordpress.com/2014/12/18/tribal-communities-of-kerala/ |title=Tribal Communities of Kerala | totem |publisher=Totemngo.wordpress.com |date=2014-12-18 |accessdate=2019-10-30}}
In the early twentieth century, the Kadars used to work with forest officials to take care of forest and guide royal hunting parties in the princely state of Cochin.{{Cite book |last=Thurston |first=Edgar |title=Castes and Tribes of Southern India, Vol 3 |publisher=Government Press |year=1909 |location=Madras |pages=6–29}} Currently, many of the tribe members have moved to areas closer to the plains and urban areas.
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Further reading
- {{Cite book |last=Thundy |first=Zacharias P. |title=South Indian Folktales of Kadar |publisher=Archana Publications |date=1983}}