Talk:Toda people

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Dont delete. I am from the area where Toda Tribes living, Nilgiris.

freddy / freddymr@rediffmail.com

I think it's going to be staying. RickK 04:58, 16 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Don't they practice female infanticide? I read about it in my sociology book at school.-Jessie

They practice polyandry "As a result, only around a few thousands of them still remain in the mountainous terrains, facing the threat of complete extinction." This statement is terribly ridiculous. What is the source or where is the reference???

I'm going to take a wild guess and say it is Freddy, the guy who lives in the Nilgiri hills, amongst this tribe. Vvuppala 21:23, 30 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] A completely unsubstantiated statement needs to be cited

"According to the Todas, the goddess Teikirshy and her brother first created the sacred buffalo and then the first Toda man. The first Toda woman was created from the right rib of the first Toda man."

This is obvioulsy a blend of Judeo-Christianity and Native American religion. Can we get some clarification and/or sources? --208.254.174.148 03:59, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

Well I heard something about Christianity being copied from other religions, or at least some parts of it. - Rain. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.217.66.26 (talk • contribs) .

I agree with Rain that Christianity does have influences - 

like the 72 verses of the Avesta (Zoroastriansm, worlds first revealed religion) and the 72 apostles of Christ??? (Christianity came almost 1000 years later in the same region once dominated by Zoroastrian fire worshippers.

[edit] photo description is obviously wrong

can anybody please show a photo of that hut with somebody moving in or out? i'll bet that either the entrance hole in the front is smaller than 3x3 feet or the hut is bigger than 10 feet high and 9 feet wide... there's nothing to compare and scale on this picture. how can such a bad photo with an obviously wrong description pass as picture of the day? Henningz 08:53, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

How about this for a better photo? It certainly seems to show everything in scale. http://www.berlin-indien.de/images/PICT0728.jpg - Norminator 15:11, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

U can also check my website for pictures on the TODA- there is one of an old lady with her grand children in their home. http://www.priyamani.com

[edit] Changing Mythology to Religion?

Shouldn't mythology be changed to religion? It seems like the article is not respecting their beliefs. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 124.217.66.26 (talk • contribs) .

As is stated elsewhere on wikipedia in respect to this issue: "Categorising a story as a myth does not necessarily imply that it is untrue. Religion and mythology differ, but have overlapping aspects. Many English speakers understand the terms "myth" and "mythology" to mean fictitious or imaginary. However, according to many dictionary definitions, these terms can also mean a traditional story or narrative that embodies the belief or beliefs of a group of people, and this [article] should be understood in this sense only. The use of these terms... does not imply that any story so categorized is historically true or false or that any belief so embodied is itself either true or false." --Krsont 12:58, 9 July 2006 (UTC)

however the discription given is clearly a description of their religion, not mythology. It does speak about their supposed creation myth (but see note below), but then goes on to speak about what gods they worship, what temples they create etc.

also, from the article about origin beliefs:

"The term creation myth may be seen as offensive when used to describe stories which are still believed today, as the term myth may suggest ideas which are absurd or fictional. These beliefs and stories need not be a literal account of actual events, but may express what are perceived to be truths at a deeper or more symbolic level. "

So, mythology is definitely totaly unappropriate on all accounts