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SUPER 40 SERIES TOP 40 PDFS FOR UPSC PRELIMINARY EXAM 2019

BOOKLET NUMBER - 14

TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN NEWS

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TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN NEWS

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1 Angami

Kohima - Nagaland Hornbill festival

Sekrenyi festival

Intricate and beautiful woodcraft

and artwork

Bamboo work, cane furniture,

beds, shawls, powerful machetes

Practice terraced wet-rice

cultivation

2 Bhils

Aravali ranges of Gujarat,

Madhya Pradesh,

Maharashtra, Rajasthan

and Tripura

Hunting, gathering and farming

Pithora painting

Ghoomar dance

3 Bhutia

Sikkim Tibetan ancestry

Women enjoy higher status

Vajrayana Buddhism

4 Bodos

Assam

Bagurumba dance

First ones to cultivate rice and rear

silkworms in Assam

Practise Bathousim – worshipping

forefathers

5 Chenchu

Nallamala hills - Andhra

Pradesh

Hunting and depend on jungle

products

Primitive Tribal group

6 Gonds

Madhya Pradesh,

Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra,

Andhra and Odisha

Muslim writers described a rise of

Gond state after 14th century

Good knowledge of Science and

Astronomy

Worship Ravana as their 10th

Dharmaguru

7 Great

Andamanese

Andaman Islands

Includes Onge, Jarawa, Jangil and

Sentinelese

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8 Garo

Meghalaya

Matrilineal society

Youngest daughter inherits

property from her mother

Wangala harvest festival

9 Irula

Tamil Nadu, Kerala,

Andhra, Karnataka

Snake and rat catchers

10 Kurumban

Kerala and Tamil Nadu Witch craft

Magical performances

Traditional herbal medicine

Main deity - Bhairava

11 Khasi

Meghalaya State’s largest community

Living root bridges

12 Munda

Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh,

Odisha, Bihar, West

Bengal

Freedom fighter Birsa Munda

Widow re-marriage is practiced

13 Nyishi Arunachal Pradesh

Practise Polygyny

Jhum cultivation

Nyokum festival –

commemorating ancestors

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14 Kodava

Coorg – Karnataka

Worship river Kaveri

Uttari – Harvest festival

15 Santhals

West Bengal Agriculture , livestock and art of

hunting

Sohrai festival

Chadar Badar – puppetry

16 Siddis

Karnataka

Descended from Bantus of Africa

Damami dance

17 Soligas

Karnataka

trace their origin to Karayya, son

of Lord Maleya Mahadeshwara

shifting cultivation

18 Toda

Nilgiris – Tamil Nadu Fraternal Polyandry

Houses have small entrances

Practiced female infanticide

Unique embroidery

19 Warli

Maharashtra

Warli paintings

20 Toto West Bengal

No custom of divorce

Elevated Bamboo huts

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