~ Sea lexicon ~

The ‘Sea Lexicon’ is a collaborative endeavour that aims at the co-creation of a lexicon based on words related to the sea. It is an invitation for a transregional thinking through the perspective of the sea. We focus on words that animate the lives of coastal communities in various languages across the Indian Ocean.

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NEW STORIES

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Kaattu – Wind

For Ikkakka, a seventy-year-old man from Kavaratti, the wind always floats around the island. He believes that it is the duty of the guardian angel Mikail[1] to take care of the wind. He felt that this wind that floats around the island spreads ...
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Swahili Creole and the Siddis of Gujarat

Dhamaal in Bava Gor's shrine: a glimpse of baithaaki dhamaal in Jamnagar.Documented by:  Hameeda Makwa Siddi, Farooq Maqwa Siddi, Soumali Roy, and Sayan Dey Date of documentation: 10th September 2022 A note on the Siddis: The term ‘Siddi’ is ...
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Rope

Thoni balli, a term used in the Beary language, refers to a specific type of rope. It played a vital role in connecting the wooden planks that constructed the magnificent thoni, or wooden dhow, in the olden days. To bind these planks together, ...
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The Sea Lexicon project is an ongoing attempt to document the words from the indian ocean region. You can help build the database of words and expand the lexicon

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