Hakki Pikki Tribe

Hakki Pikki Tribe
 

News: Around Thirty-one tribals belonging to ‘Hakki-Pikki’ are stranded in Sudan.
 

About:
 They are a semi-nomadic tribal group belonging to the state of Karnataka.
 In Kannada, the word ‘Hakki’ stands for ‘bird' and ‘Pikki’ stands for the verb ‘to catch’.
 The community is known as the ‘bird catcher,’ which is their traditional occupation.
 Their mother tongue was designated as 'Vaagri' by scholars.
 UNESCO has listed 'Vaagri' as one of the endangered languages.
 They have traditional medical knowledge that is in demand in several African countries.
 The community resided in the dense jungles for a long time and created its own plant and herb-based medicine systems.