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Karaiyar is a Sri Lankan Tamil caste found mainly on the northern and eastern coastal areas of Sri Lanka, and globally among the Tamil diaspora. They are traditionally a seafaring community that is engaged in fishing, shipment and seaborne trade. They fish customarily in deep seas or on shore, and employ gillnet and seine fishing methods. The Karaiyars were the major maritime traders and boat owners who among other things, traded with pearls, chanks, tobacco, and shipped goods overseas to countries such as India, Myanmar and Indonesia. The community known for their maritime history, are also reputed as a warrior caste who contributed as army and navy soldiers of Tamil kings. They were noted as the army generals and navy captains of the Aryacakravarti dynasty.

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  • Karaiyar (Tamil கரையார் Karaiyār und Tamil குருகுலம் Kurukulam) ist die tamilische Berufskaste der landbesitzenden Fischer, die in den nördlichen und östlichen Küstenregionen von Sri Lanka und auch an der Koromandelküste des indischen Bundesstaates Tamil Nadu sowie weltweit in der tamilischen Diaspora zu finden ist. Traditionell war sie eine Seefahrer- und Kriegerkaste, deren Mitglieder heute in der Fischerei beschäftigt sind. Sie wurde historisch auch als Kurukulam und Karaiyalar bezeichnet. Die mittelalterlichen Führer dieser Clans wurden als Pattankattiyar bezeichnet. Die Singhalesisch sprechenden Karaiyar sind als Karava bekannt, die tamilischen Ursprungs waren, unter dem singhalesischen Königreich standen und sich in der singhalesischen Gesellschaft assimilierten. (de)
  • Karaiyar is a Sri Lankan Tamil caste found mainly on the northern and eastern coastal areas of Sri Lanka, and globally among the Tamil diaspora. They are traditionally a seafaring community that is engaged in fishing, shipment and seaborne trade. They fish customarily in deep seas or on shore, and employ gillnet and seine fishing methods. The Karaiyars were the major maritime traders and boat owners who among other things, traded with pearls, chanks, tobacco, and shipped goods overseas to countries such as India, Myanmar and Indonesia. The community known for their maritime history, are also reputed as a warrior caste who contributed as army and navy soldiers of Tamil kings. They were noted as the army generals and navy captains of the Aryacakravarti dynasty. The Karaiyars emerged in the 1980s as strong representatives of Sri Lankan Tamil nationalism. The nuclear leadership of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam have background in the wealthier enterprising section of the Karaiyars. Historically, they have also been referred to as Kurukulam, Varunakulam and Karaiyalar. Sharing similar origins and status are the Sinhalese Karava and the Pattanavar of Tamil Nadu. (en)
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  • Karaiyar (Tamil கரையார் Karaiyār und Tamil குருகுலம் Kurukulam) ist die tamilische Berufskaste der landbesitzenden Fischer, die in den nördlichen und östlichen Küstenregionen von Sri Lanka und auch an der Koromandelküste des indischen Bundesstaates Tamil Nadu sowie weltweit in der tamilischen Diaspora zu finden ist. Traditionell war sie eine Seefahrer- und Kriegerkaste, deren Mitglieder heute in der Fischerei beschäftigt sind. Sie wurde historisch auch als Kurukulam und Karaiyalar bezeichnet. Die mittelalterlichen Führer dieser Clans wurden als Pattankattiyar bezeichnet. (de)
  • Karaiyar is a Sri Lankan Tamil caste found mainly on the northern and eastern coastal areas of Sri Lanka, and globally among the Tamil diaspora. They are traditionally a seafaring community that is engaged in fishing, shipment and seaborne trade. They fish customarily in deep seas or on shore, and employ gillnet and seine fishing methods. The Karaiyars were the major maritime traders and boat owners who among other things, traded with pearls, chanks, tobacco, and shipped goods overseas to countries such as India, Myanmar and Indonesia. The community known for their maritime history, are also reputed as a warrior caste who contributed as army and navy soldiers of Tamil kings. They were noted as the army generals and navy captains of the Aryacakravarti dynasty. (en)
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