Generation 'Z ' of Great Andamanese

'Maro' in jovial mood at Port Blair. 

A Karen friend of Great Andmanese

Karen, indigenous people from hills of Burma (now Myanmar), were brought to Andaman and Nicobar Islands by British colonizers to work as laborers in the timber and pulp industry during 1859. They now live in a small village named Webi in the middle Andamans. Before being resettled by the Andaman administration, Great Andamanese used to live near Webi village of Karens and that is why there were very cordial terms between the two communities. Even now the elders in the GA community get nostalgic when they talk about Karen. Shown in Picture here is Mr. Paung, who was fondly called Paung Buddha or Pav Buddha standing with the boat provided by ANET, near the shores of Strait Island (at least 10 years back).