Rabari

Rabari, a caste of camel-herders - Tashrih al-aqvam (1825)

Members of the Rabari or Rewari are a Indian community. In the state of Gujarat, they are pastoralists.

Demographics

In the semi-desert Kachchh region of Gujarat, they and the Muslim Maldharis are the most significant of the pastoralist communities. In that area they comprise five related groups, being the Debar, Gardo, Kantho, Katchi and Ragad,^[1]

References

Citations

1. Street (2002), pp. 28-29

Bibliography

• Street, Brian V. (2002), Literacy and Development: Ethnographic Perspectives, Routledge, ISBN 9781134566204

Further reading

• Davidson, Robyn (November 1, 1997). Desert Places, pastoral nomads in India (the Rabari). Penguin. ISBN 978-0-14-026797-6.
• Mirella Ferrera, People of the world. Published by VMB publisher 13100 Vercelli, Italy 2005
• Flavoni, Francesco D'orazi (1990). Rabari: A Pastoral Community of Kutch. Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts and Brijbasi Printers. ISBN 978-8-17107-026-8.