Island tribe shows courage in face of tragedy

Bodies are still hanging from trees and floating in water in wiped-out villages in Car Nicobar island, but the horrors of the tsunami have not shaken the Nicobarese tribe.

Bodies are still hanging from trees and floating in water in wiped-out villages in Car Nicobar island, but the horrors of the tsunami have not shaken the Nicobarese tribe.

The Nicobarese are the largest of the tribes in India’s Andaman and Nicobar islands, where 9,682 people have died and another 5,914 are missing and feared dead.

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