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Thuggee or tuggee (Hindi: Nepali ठग्गी ṭhagī; Urdu: ٹھگ; Sanskrit: sthaga; Sindhi: ٺوڳي، ٺڳ; Kannada: ಠಕ್ಕ thakka) refers to the acts of Thugs, an organised gang of professional robbers and murderers.
The Thugs travelled in groups across South Asia for six hundred years. Although the Thugs traced their origin to seven Muslim tribes, Hindus appear to have been associated with them at an early period. They were first mentioned in Ẓiyā-ud-Dīn Baranī's History of Fīrūz Shāh dated around 1356. In the 1830s they were targeted for eradication by William Bentinck, Governor-General of India, and his chief captain William Henry Sleeman. The Thugs were seemingly destroyed by this effort.
The Thugs would join travelers and gain their confidence. This would allow them to then surprise and strangle their victims by pulling a handkerchief or noose tight around their necks. They would then rob their victims of valuables and bury their bodies. This led them to also be called Phansigar (English: using a noose), a term more commonly used in southern India. The term Thuggee is derived from the Hindi word ठग, or ṭhag, which means "deceiver". Related words are the verb thugna, "to deceive", from Sanskrit स्थग sthaga "cunning, sly, fraudulent", from स्थगति sthagati "he conceals". This term for a particular kind of murder and robbery of travellers is popular in South Asia and particularly in India.
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From Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
From Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom
I challenged myself to create an animated cartoon, from scratch, in 7 days. Thuggee Life is is what I came up with - a one note gag inspired by characters from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. Sound fx and voices by Rafi Nizam Music sourced from this royalty free site: incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/ Written, designed, directed and animated (in 7 days) by Rafi Nizam www.rafianimates.co.uk
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With you it's me, thugs in perpetuity
When we're excited little birds around the feeder
The cat's indifferent or he's just furious
It seems that he's never neither
I do the rolling, you do the detail
I do the rolling, you do the detail
Hairbird plucks a hair from a sleeping dog to build her nest
she said I've looked around and I like your hair the best
I do the rolling, you do the detail
I do the rolling, you do the detail
Ruby, honey are you mad at your man?
Ruby, honey are you mad at your man?
Honey are you mad at your man?
I do the rolling, you do the detail
I do the rolling, you do the detail