Rabari

The Rabari people (also known as Rabari, Raikas, and Dewasi people) are an ethnic group from the Kutch region of Gujarat.[1]

An elderly Rabari woman from Nadapa, Gujarat

Rabari, a caste of Camel Herders- Tashrih al-aqvam (1825)

Origin Myth

The Rabari myth of origin is kshatriya that Shiva put them on earth to tend to the camels owned by Parvati.[2]

Demographics

The Rabari comprise five related groups, the Debar, Gardo, Kantho, Katchi, and Ragad.

References

Köhler-Rollefson, Ilse (1992). "The Raika Deomedary Breeders of Rajasthan: A Pastoral System in Crisis" (PDF). Nomadic Peoples. 30: 74–83.
Street (2002), p. 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.

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