Tamil
brahmin mamis don't pronounce
tamil as the majority of the
Tamilians do.The
Brahmin tamil has some
intonations and words which are from old
tamil literature and some are laced with
sanskrit words and intonation. This separates many
brahmins from non-
brahmins.....
Those
brahmins who live in rural areas and interact with non-
brahmins in the market and profession turn into half non-
brahmin way of pronouncing
tamil. Slang of the
brahmins are different from that of the local non-
brahmin tamils.
The
carnatic music has been the preserve of the
brahmins in the south of all
sountern languages.Here also they use some intonation not acceptable to the non-
brahmin majority. Even referring to an elderly female they say "
Mami" while the non-
brahmins say "
AAtha" or "
Amma".
These differences and many habits like shunning non-vegetarian way of cooking and eating has created cultural delineations which distinguish the minority.
Even amongst
brahmins Iyengars preach one
thing and practise another.They say that their way of worship is superior. Shiva has united
Iyers with all castes in Tamil
Nadu.Historically looking at this
Ramanuja converted even several
dalits into
Vaishnavites.this shows the color difference in
Iyengars which is highly prominent. If you look into the history of
Iyengars toying with
chrisitians during British period in India some more strands of evidences arise on color differences
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