Juifs de CochinLes Juifs de Cochin, ou Juifs de Malabar (Malabar Yehudan) sont les descendants des Juifs de l'ancien Royaume de Cochin, actuellement rattaché à l'Inde du Sud, et comprenait l'actuelle cité portuaire de Kochi Ils parlaient traditionnellement le Judéo-Malayalam, un dialecte du malayalam pratiqué dans l'État de Kerala. Diverses vagues d'immigration de la diaspora juive leur donnèrent une grande diversité. vignette|droite|350px|Inscription en hébreu à Cochin (Inde).
Konkani peopleThe Konkani people are an Indo-Aryan ethnolinguistic group native to the Konkan region of the Indian subcontinent who speak various dialects of the Konkani language. Konkani is the state language of Goa and also spoken by populations in coastal Karnataka, coastal Maharashtra, and Kerala. Other Konkani speakers are found in Gujarat state. A large percentage of Konkani people are bilingual. The word Koṅkaṇa (कोंकण) and, in turn Koṅkaṇi, is derived from (कुङ्कण) or (कुङ्कणु). Different authorities explain etymology of this word differently.
TamilakamTamiḻakam (Tamil: தமிழகம்) refers to the geographical region inhabited by the ancient Tamil people, covering the southernmost region of the Indian subcontinent. Tamilakam covered today's Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Puducherry, Lakshadweep and southern parts of Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka. Traditional accounts and the Tolkāppiyam referred to these territories as a single cultural area, where Tamil was the natural language and permeated the culture of all its inhabitants. The ancient Tamil country was divided into kingdoms.
Tamil cultureTamil culture is the culture of the Tamil people. Tamil culture is rooted in the arts and ways of life of Tamils in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Singapore, and across the globe. It has a long history of diversified heritage and cultural distinctions. Tamil languageTamil literatureSri Lankan Tamil dialects and Sri Lankan Tamil literature Tamils have a strong attachment to the Tamil language, which is often venerated in literature as "Tamil̲an̲n̲ai", "the Tamil mother".
KalarippayattLe Kalarippayatt, ou Kalarippayattu (കളരിപ്പയറ്റ്) [kaɭaɾipːajaːɨ̆], est un art martial originaire du Kerala et du Tamil Nadu (historiquement la même région) en Inde du Sud. Kalarippayatt signifie, en malayalam, « le lieu des exercices », de kalari (കളരി), le lieu, l'arène, l'espace de dialogue et payatt (പയററ്), dérivé de « payattuka » signifiant combattre, s'exercer, s'exercer intensément. Le kalarippayatt serait, avec le Varma Kalai originaire de l'État voisin du Tamil Nadu, l'une des plus anciennes techniques martiales et mais aussi médicales connues.
Dravidian folk religionThe early Dravidian religion constituted a non-Vedic form of Hinduism in that they were either historically or are at present Āgamic. The Agamas are non-Vedic in origin, and have been dated either as post-Vedic texts, or as pre-Vedic compositions. The Agamas are a collection of Tamil and Sanskrit scriptures chiefly constituting the methods of temple construction and creation of murti, worship means of deities, philosophical doctrines, meditative practices, attainment of sixfold desires and four kinds of yoga.
Krishna Deva RayaKrishnadevarâya Tuluva était un roi hindou de la (1505 – 1565). Il dirige pendant vingt ans (1509 – 1529) le royaume de Vijayanâgara qui connait sous son règne sa plus grande extension et un épanouissement économique et culturel exceptionnel. Krishna Deva Râya le frère de , monte sur le trône le . On le considère comme le plus grand roi Vijayanâgara. En 1512, il s'empare de la forteresse de Raichûr au Bîjâpur. Le râja de l'Orissa Prataparudra (1497 – 1540) entre en conflit avec le Vijayanâgara en attaquant Kânchî.
Malto peopleThe Malto or Maler people, also known as Pahariya, are a Dravidian tribal group from the Rajmahal Hills in the northeastern Chota Nagpur Plateau. They are divided into three subgroups: Mal Paharia, Sauria Paharia and Kumarbhag Paharia. All three are listed as Scheduled Tribes in Jharkhand, Bihar and West Bengal. They speak Malto, related to the nearby Kurukh language. When the British first encountered them they were nomadic.
Diaspora indienneParmi les grands mouvements migratoires de la diaspora indienne, on retrouve l'épisode de l'engagisme, qui fait suite à l'abolition de l'esclavage. En effet, cette « dispersion » des populations d'origine indienne suivit le cadre du coolie trade, qui plaçait la main-d'œuvre indienne dans les pays dominés par les économies coloniales, intégrées dans la taylorisation internationale. Cette diaspora a connu des configurations les plus diverses donnant, par exemple, la coolitude, qui est une mise en relation des Indes (mosaïque de peuples, langues, cultures et religions) avec d'autres imaginaires.
Dravidian partiesDravidian parties include an array of regional political parties in the state of Tamil Nadu, India, which trace their origins and ideologies either directly or indirectly to the Justice Party and the Dravidian movement of C. Natesanar and Periyar E. V. Ramasamy. The Dravidian movement was based on the linguistic divide in India, where most of the Northern Indian, Eastern Indian and Western Indian languages are classified as Indo-Aryan, whereas the South Indian languages are classified as Dravidian.
