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The Sabar people (also Shabar and Saora) are one of the scheduled tribes in India who live mainly in Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa and West Bengal. During the British Raj, they were classed as one of the 'criminal tribes' under Criminal Tribes Act 1871, and still suffer from social stigma and ostracism in modern times.〔( Dilip D'Souza on the Sabar tribe ) 'Rediff.com'', October 16, 1999.〕〔(Accused Of Being Accursed ) by Dilip D'Souza, 'Rediff.com'', June 10, 1999.〕 Also known as Saora, the Sabar tribe finds mention in the Hindu epic Mahabharata,〔(Orissa Tribes ) ''bharatonline.com'.〕 while in some parts of East Singhbhum district mainly in Musabani, they are known as in Kariya.〔(Sabar Tribe ) ''india9.com''.〕 Noted writer and activist Mahasweta Devi is known for working with these forest tribals.〔(Hazaar Chaurasi Ki Ma - Mahashweta Devi ) ''Tehelka, September 11, 2004.〕 This reclusive tribe is found primarily in East Singhbhum district in Jharkhand 〔(Sabar tribals go on ‘Bharat Darshan’ ) ''The Hindu'', February 27, 2008.〕 and in Midnapore District of West Bengal. The traditionally forest-dwelling tribe lack experience in agriculture, and rely on the forests for their livelihood. In recent years, with the spread of the Naxalite rebellion in the area, the police often restrict their access to the forest. In 2004, five persons in the Sabar village of Amlasole, in Midnapore district, died after several months of starvation, leading to a national media furore. Subsequently, Durbar Mahila Samanway Committee (DMSC) started a school in the area, funded partially by sex workers from Kolkata.〔 Piyali (name changed) and a few of her friends, all commercial sex workers, first decided to help out at Amlasole after they read about the starvation deaths there.〕 In June 2008, the Sabar suffered severe flooding in many of their West Bengal villages, and then received large amounts of aid from Catholic missionaries. ==Further reading== * ''The Book of the Hunter'', by Mahasweta Devi, translated by Sagaree and Mandira Sengupta, Seagull, 2002. ISBN 81-7046-204-5. * (Hated, Humiliated, Butchered ) by Mahasweta Devi, ''Tehelka, October 12, 2007 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Sabar people」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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