Andaman islands,
an Indian archipelago
of three hundred islands
in the Bay of Bengal,
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When we visited the islands (the archipelago, rather) some three years ago, we had the fortune of our guide arranging to view the Hodi, the pride of the Nicobaris.
The engineering skills of the aborigines tribe, passed down from generation to generation, is show-cased in the building of Hodis
The Nicobari villages on the islands consist of sporadically placed huts strewn about in designated areas. The huts are normally round with dome-shaped roofs. They are typically raised above the ground and have ladders that the residents pull up after they climb into the huts at night.
A Hodi is the pride of the Nicobaris