The great amusement of the Andamanese is a formal night dance, but they are also fond of simple games.
Though all descended from one stock, there are twelve distinct tribes of the Andamanese, each with its own clearly-defined locality, its own distinct variety of the one fundamental language and to a certain extent its own separate habits.
The tribal feeling may be expressed as friendly within the tribe, courteous to other Andamanese if known, hostile to every stranger, Andamanese or other.
By preference the Andamanese are exogamous as regards sept and endogamous as regards tribe.
The policy of the government is to leave the Andamanese alone, while doing what is possible to ameliorate their condition.