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|group = Tarao<br />
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|population = 1,006 approx,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/ST.html|title=Census of India 2011|publisher=MHA, Govt of India}}</ref> Manipur<br />
|languages = [[Tarao language]]<br />
|religions = [[Christianity]]<br />
|related = [[Chothe Naga|Chothe]] and other [[Naga people]]<br />
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'''Tarao''' is a minority community in [[Chandel district]], [[Manipur]], India speaking [[Taraotrong]] but [[Meiteilon]] as well. As one of the oldest tribes of [[Manipur]], accounts of the Tarao are also found in the Royal Chronicles of Manipur, ''Cheitharol Kumbaba,'' reflecting their involvement in state affairs as early as A.D. 1263-1467 (Iboongohal and Khelchandra, 1967). In the Royal Chronicle, the reference to Sangkhuleima, (''Pi Tarte'') the goddess of the Tarao, occurs in A.D. 1872 during the reign of Chandrakirti Maharaja (A.D.1850-1886). It is also said that Maharaja [[Ching-Thang Khomba]] had an orchard at a place near [[Pallel]] and his orange trees were looked after by the Taraos at Komlathabi (Kapaam).<br />
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Presently, the Taraos are mainly concentrated in four villages with a population of just about a thousand (as per [[Chandel, Manipur]], [[2011 Census of India]]).Their main source of livelihood is cane & bamboo, out of which, mat-making is predominant all the year round. They are also involved in cultivation works in the fields and plantation farms. Their land is considered to be one of the driest places in [[Manipur]].<br />
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Linguistically, the [[Tarao language]] belongs to the [[Tibeto-Burman]] family.<ref>KumÄra, Braja B. Naga Identity. Concept Publishing Company, 2005, p. 81.</ref> John Shakespeare in ''The Lushei-Kuki Clans'' (1912) has also noted the close similarity between the Tarao and Lusei dialects.<br />
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