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The Korku are a Munda ethnic group predominantly found in the Khandwa, Burhanpur, Betul and Chhindwara districts of Madhya Pradesh and adjoining areas near the Melghat Tiger Reserve of Maharashtra. They speak the Korku language , which is a member of the Munda languages and is written using Devanagari .
Diwali is a major festival for Adilabad's Gond tribes, which they celebrate with the traditional Gussadi dance, donning peacock-feathered turbans, saffron attire, and joining in festive groups. [30] The Gondi people have their own version of the Ramayana, known as the Gond Ramayani, derived from oral folk legends. It consists of seven stories ...
The six galleries display various aspects of the tribal life. [15]Jeevan Shaili: A gallery of traditional houses of the Gond, Korku, Bhil, and Sahariya tribes made up of mud, bamboo, dung, hay, and grass which also portrays the essentials such as agricultural tools, earthenware used by them.
According to the 2011 Census of India, Bhil is the most populous tribe with a total population of 4,618,068, constituting 37.7 per cent of the total ST population. Gond is the second largest tribe, with a population of 4,357,918 constituting 35.6 per cent. The next four populous tribes are: Kol, Korku, Sahariya and Baiga. These six tribes ...
The Gondwana Kingdoms were ruled by Rajgonds. The Rajgonds are the ruling class among the Gond. The Gond is the dominating Community in Gondwana region. The name Gondwana named after Gondi people. Gonds are followers of the nature-based religion Gondi Religion/Koyapunem. [1] Gondwana means "Country inhabited by Gonds".
Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes made up 11.11% and 36.82% of the population respectively. [7] The main Scheduled Tribes are Gonds and Mawasi Korkus. Gonds make up 80% of the total Scheduled Tribe population and over 30% of the district overall. After the bifurcation of Pandhurna district, Chhindwara district had a population of 1,716,612.
He gathered the scattered Gond tribes and formed them into a sort of nation, teaching them the extraction of iron from iron ore and other elements of civilization. He led the Gonds against the Mana tribe of present-day Maharashtra, who had dominated the region for about 200 years. After years of warfare the Manas fell to the Gonds, who replaced ...
Life Style Indian Tribes: Locational Practice. Vol. 3. Delhi: Gian Publishing House. ISBN 978-81-212-0058-5. Gell, Alfred (1986). "Newcomers to the world of goods: consumption among the Muria Gonds". In Arjun, Appadurai (ed.). The Social Life of things: Commodities in Cultural Perspective. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. pp. 110– 40.