EP 14 A day in Yellapur , Karnataka | Life of Siddi's ( Africans) in India
We started our Coastal Karnataka tour from Mangalore and went to Udupi then Kundapur then Gokarna followed by tour to Yellapur. Dates of this tour - we started this tour on 3rd week of November and we reached back on 2nd week of December 2020. In this episode you will see information about Siddis. They are people of African origin. In the 16th century - Arabs brought some Africans along with them to India, Arabs brought them to India as porters in the ship, Initially they settled in Goa, but later on they moved to forest areas of Karnataka. They stayed in forest area for 250 to 300 years and post Independence they started to settle down near city areas and children in the families started to get education. Siddis in India - There are two places in India where Siddis are settled in large number A. Yellapur - About 50k population B. Jambur in Gujarat - About 5k population. SIddis living in Yellapur, Karnataka are Hindus, Muslims and Christians - with population of Christians on bit higher side. While Siddis living in Gujarat are all Muslims. Principal occupation of Siddis living in Yellapur - Agriculture. Some females in nearby villages make quilt that is their traditional work, we learn that there are some 60 to 70 women there who still do that quilt work. In this episode you will see information about their life, culture, how they came to India. Plus we also visited a waterfall and a lake in Yellapur. Magod falls - waterfalls Kavadikere lake If you wish to support this channel: YouTube Member Programme : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFuxLOUo41P3eEAW8U-Dwjg/join Patreon: https://ift.tt/FoC0frJ Channel merchandise: https://ift.tt/3Mpe5wb After this you will see 2 more episodes of Coastal Karnataka tour, one will be about our journey from Yellapur to Murudeshwar and other episode will be about Murudeshwar tour and then journey to Mangalore. Hope you are enjoying watching Coastal karnataka tour.
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