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'@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ [[File:Mer Dandiya.jpg|thumbnail|right|Maniyaro Ras, garba (Mer ras) of Mer people.]] -'''Mer''' people believed to be of Indo-Aryan decent and evolved from Rajput varna from the [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra region]] of [[Gujarat]] state in India.<ref name=":0" /> Originally settled in Sindh and Rajasthan<ref>{{Cite web|title=Annals and Antiquities of Rajasthan, vol. 2 of 3, by James Tod|url=http://www.gutenberg.org/files/57375/57375-h/57375-h.htm|website=www.gutenberg.org|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref>, the name [[Jaisalmer]], [[kumbhalmer]], [[Ajmer]] are associated with Mer people,they later moved to Saurashtra to be part of the royal army of [[Porbandar State|Porbandar state.]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Wilberforce-Bell|first=Harold|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_History_of_Kathiawad_from_the_Earlie.html?id=gP0HAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y|title=The History of Kathiawad from the Earliest Times|date=1980|publisher=Ajay Book Service|language=en}}</ref> They are also called Maher or Mehr.<ref name="FrancoMacwan2004">{{cite book|author1=Fernando Franco|author2=Jyotsna Macwan|author3=Suguna Ramanathan|title=Journeys to Freedom: Dalit Narratives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bzj1pyBKZzsC&pg=PA242|accessdate=6 April 2013|date=1 February 2004|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-85604-65-7|pages=242–}}</ref> They speak a dialect of the [[Gujarati language]] +'''Mer''' is a branch of Meena community<ref>{{cite book|last=|first=|title=Tribal Revolts Brij Kishore Sharma|publisher=Pointer Publishers|year=1996|isbn=|location=|pages=}}</ref> from the [[Saurashtra (region)|Saurashtra region]] of [[Gujarat]] state in India. They are also called Maher or Mehr.<ref name="FrancoMacwan2004">{{cite book|author1=Fernando Franco|author2=Jyotsna Macwan|author3=Suguna Ramanathan|title=Journeys to Freedom: Dalit Narratives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bzj1pyBKZzsC&pg=PA242|accessdate=6 April 2013|date=1 February 2004|publisher=Popular Prakashan|isbn=978-81-85604-65-7|pages=242–}}</ref> They speak a dialect of the [[Gujarati language]]. ==Geographical location== @@ -11,8 +11,8 @@ The women of this community do not observe [[Purdah|female seclusion norms]]. -Mer men perform their unique version of Dandiya ras called ''Mer ras or Maniyaro''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Raas of Gujarat|url=https://www.sahapedia.org/raas-of-gujarat|website=Sahapedia|language=en|access-date=2020-05-15}}</ref> a dance, which is known as a warrior dance. The performance include liberal dusting of Gulal (Vermillion) on the bodies and costumes of the dancers.<ref name="Sharma2007">{{cite book|author=Manorma Sharma|title=Musical Heritage Of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nuWBch2jTqAC&pg=PA60|accessdate=6 April 2013|date=1 January 2007|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-313-0046-6|page=60}}</ref> +Mer men perform their unique version of Dandiya ras called ''Mer ras'' a dance, which is known as a warrior dance. The performance include liberal dusting of Gulal (Vermillion) on the bodies and costumes of the dancers.<ref name="Sharma2007">{{cite book|author=Manorma Sharma|title=Musical Heritage Of India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nuWBch2jTqAC&pg=PA60|accessdate=6 April 2013|date=1 January 2007|publisher=APH Publishing|isbn=978-81-313-0046-6|page=60}}</ref> ==Diaspora== -Mers started migrating to the British colonies in [[East Africa]] during early parts of 20th century. The businessman, [[Nanji Kalidas Mehta]] was instrumental in helping them to migrate to Africa. Many of the early migrants were from the highlands villages.<ref name=":0">{{cite book|last1=Trivedi|first1=Harshad R.(Author)|title=Mers of Saurashtra Revisited and Studied in the Light of Socio-Cultural Change and Cross-Cousin Marriage|date=1986|publisher=Concept publishing|isbn=9788170220442|page=21|url=https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ecWYqLcfYrIC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=porbandar+maher+people&ots=RVcoQVycRE&sig=xBeSNhYgsJJxXQtyopmbN4nzIPs#v=onepage&q=cross%20cousin&f=false}}</ref> After [[expulsion of Asians from Uganda]] many Mer families moved to UK, USA, Canada and other European countries. +Mers started migrating to the British colonies in [[East Africa]] during early parts of 20th century. The businessman, [[Nanji Kalidas Mehta]] was instrumental in helping them to migrate to Africa. Many of the early migrants were from the highlands villages.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Trivedi|first1=Harshad R.(Author)|title=Mers of Saurashtra Revisited and Studied in the Light of Socio-Cultural Change and Cross-Cousin Marriage|date=1986|publisher=Concept publishing|isbn=9788170220442|page=21|url=https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=ecWYqLcfYrIC&oi=fnd&pg=PR7&dq=porbandar+maher+people&ots=RVcoQVycRE&sig=xBeSNhYgsJJxXQtyopmbN4nzIPs#v=onepage&q=cross%20cousin&f=false}}</ref> ==References== '