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Is streetgansgsta/trap rap culturally misappropriating the word "thug"?
Thuggee - Wikipedia
Thuggee
Thuggee (UK: /θʌˈɡiː/, US: /ˈθʌɡi/; Hindi: ठग्गीṭhaggī; Urdu: ٹھگ; Nepali: ठगी ṭhagī; Sanskrit: स्थग sthaga; Marathi: ठक; Odia: ଠକ thaka; Sindhi: ٺوڳي، ٺڳ; Kannada: ಠಕ್ಕ thakka; Bengali: ঠগি ṭhogī; Punjabi: ਠੱਗੀ ṭhagee ) refers to the acts of Thugs, an organised gang of professional robbers and murderers. The English language word thug traces its roots to the Hindi ठग (ṭhag), which means 'swindler' or 'deceiver'. Related words are the verb thugna('to deceive'), from the Sanskrit स्थग (sthaga'cunning, sly, fraudulent') and स्थगति (sthagati, 'he conceals').[3] This term, describing the murder and robbery of travellers, is popular in the northern parts of Indian subcontinent and particularly India.
Thuggee
Group of Thugs around 1894
Thugs are said to have travelled in groups across the Indian subcontinent.[4] There were numerous traditions about their origin. One recorded by D. F. McLeod traced it to seven Muslim tribes formed from those who fled Delhi after murdering a physician. Another traced it to seven great Muslim families who fled after murdering a favoured slave of Akbar.[5] These original Muslim Thugs spread Thuggee amongst Rajputs, Hindus, Lodhisand Ahirs.[6] According to other traditions by Thugs, they were Kanjars or descended from those who worked in the Mughal camps.[7][8]Others have blamed the rise of Thugs on the disbanding of armies in employment of Indian rulers after the British conquest.[9] Thugs are said to have operated as gangs of highway robbers, tricking and later strangling their victims.[10]
To take advantage of their victims, the thugs would join travellers and gain their confidence; this would allow them to surprise and strangle the travellers with a handkerchief or noose. They would then rob and bury their victims. This led to the thugs being called Phansigar(English: "using a noose"), a term more commonly used in southern India.[11] During the 1830s, the thugs were targeted for eradication by the Governor-General of India, Lord William Bentinck, and his chief captain, William Henry Sleeman.
Contemporary scholarship is increasingly skeptical of the "thuggee" concept, and has questioned the existence of such a phenomenon,[12][13] which has led historians to describe "thuggee" as the invention of the British colonial regime.[14]
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Is streetgansgsta/trap rap culturally misappropriating the word "thug"?
Thuggee - Wikipedia
Thuggee
Thuggee (UK: /θʌˈɡiː/, US: /ˈθʌɡi/; Hindi: ठग्गीṭhaggī; Urdu: ٹھگ; Nepali: ठगी ṭhagī; Sanskrit: स्थग sthaga; Marathi: ठक; Odia: ଠକ thaka; Sindhi: ٺوڳي، ٺڳ; Kannada: ಠಕ್ಕ thakka; Bengali: ঠগি ṭhogī; Punjabi: ਠੱਗੀ ṭhagee ) refers to the acts of Thugs, an organised gang of professional robbers and murderers. The English language word thug traces its roots to the Hindi ठग (ṭhag), which means 'swindler' or 'deceiver'. Related words are the verb thugna('to deceive'), from the Sanskrit स्थग (sthaga'cunning, sly, fraudulent') and स्थगति (sthagati, 'he conceals').[3] This term, describing the murder and robbery of travellers, is popular in the northern parts of Indian subcontinent and particularly India.
Thuggee
Group of Thugs around 1894
Thugs are said to have travelled in groups across the Indian subcontinent.[4] There were numerous traditions about their origin. One recorded by D. F. McLeod traced it to seven Muslim tribes formed from those who fled Delhi after murdering a physician. Another traced it to seven great Muslim families who fled after murdering a favoured slave of Akbar.[5] These original Muslim Thugs spread Thuggee amongst Rajputs, Hindus, Lodhisand Ahirs.[6] According to other traditions by Thugs, they were Kanjars or descended from those who worked in the Mughal camps.[7][8]Others have blamed the rise of Thugs on the disbanding of armies in employment of Indian rulers after the British conquest.[9] Thugs are said to have operated as gangs of highway robbers, tricking and later strangling their victims.[10]
To take advantage of their victims, the thugs would join travellers and gain their confidence; this would allow them to surprise and strangle the travellers with a handkerchief or noose. They would then rob and bury their victims. This led to the thugs being called Phansigar(English: "using a noose"), a term more commonly used in southern India.[11] During the 1830s, the thugs were targeted for eradication by the Governor-General of India, Lord William Bentinck, and his chief captain, William Henry Sleeman.
Contemporary scholarship is increasingly skeptical of the "thuggee" concept, and has questioned the existence of such a phenomenon,[12][13] which has led historians to describe "thuggee" as the invention of the British colonial regime.[14]
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