~ 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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Mann

The Lakshadweep Islands are made of ‘bilutha mann’ (white sand). The corals sediment to form the white sand of the islands which are often compared to fine sugar. The sand of the island is mostly very clean. This quality adds to the picturesque ...
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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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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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