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The Gavdda Maandd, the central place from where all the tribal
customs and life was governed.
Chirko, a
root-based
food of the
Goan tribal
(at left).

A better future? A Gavdda

boy enjoying his modest kanji
(rice gruel).

Kamboll, a thick rough kind

of blanket, used for protection
from the rain.

Chull, the
traditional
cooking
method of the
tribal.

Tablam Khell, a traditional game played among the community.

A tribal woman extracts tisreo (clams) from the Zuari riverbed, at Chicalim Bay.