Gratuity of Ethnic Community

Abstract

This thesis will explain the societal functions of an ethnic community (sirur people). This community comesunder thesirur kings and they have no naming tradition. Muvendars are having the tradition of establishing their name in public but thesesirur’snames have not been found in any literature. They habituated in two different typical places named ooirandsirur. Sirur denotes that a limited population habituated in a place. Sirurpeople do not have much wealth to donate, So they stake their possession objectsto keep their benevolence. It is learned that the sirur people borrowed money to meet their basic food needs. They always have the tradition of sharing whatever they have with others instead of keeping it for them. Further, these traits do not exist in other communities. It shows that the virtue of hospitality belongs to the housessirur people. Sirars goes to the war field as a soldier under the orders of the king and it helps them to earn the sufficient income they need instead of living on the meagre income available in their provenances. Sirur people received sufficient money by working as a soldier and soon they become a superior economy (in marudhanilathur) with high possession as a community. Due to social development, They declared war against the king (vendar) and they are defeated by the king which destroyed the sirur community.