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Munda are divided into a number of exogamous clans. Clans among Mundas are known as Killi, which is similar to Sanskrit word Kula. Munda are patrilineal, and clan name descends father to son. According to tradition, people of the same clan are descendants of the same forefather. Clans among Mundas are of totemic origin. Some clans are: [28]
Munda is the largest settlement on the island of New Georgia in the Western Province of Solomon Islands, and consists of a number of villages. It is located at the southwestern tip (called Munda Point ) of the western end of New Georgia, and the large Roviana Lagoon is just offshore.
Marking the festival, the naikey or deurey (the priest) performs a ritual. A kula with flowers and leaves of the sal tree is offered to a Jaherthan (the altar) and devotees pray to "Jaher Era", the god.
Birsa Munda pronunciation ⓘ (15 November 1875 – 9 June 1900) [4] was an Indian tribal independence activist, and folk hero who belonged to the Munda tribe. He spearheaded a tribal religious millenarian movement that arose in the Bengal Presidency (now Jharkhand) in the late 19th century, during the British Raj, thereby making him an important figure in the history of the Indian ...
The Munda are an ethnic tribal (Adivasi) group of people of the Chota Nagpur Plateau region. Munda people are categorised as Scheduled Tribe by Constitution of India which are found in Jharkhand , Chhattisgarh & Orrisa .
Mage Parab (or Mage Porob) is the principal festival celebrated among the Ho people of eastern India, and is also celebrated by the Munda and Bhumij people.It is not celebrated by any other Munda-speaking peoples like Juang, Gadab and is much less prominent to the Mundas (including Bhumijs) than to the Hos. [1] It is held in the month of Mage ponai (Magh month) in honor of the deity Singbonga ...
The goddess's image is flanked by the images of Hanuman and Bhairava. Another temple, Chamunda Nandikeshwar Dham, also found in Kangra, is dedicated to Shiva and Chamunda. According to a legend, Chamunda was enshrined as chief deity "Rudra Chamunda", in the battle between the demon Jalandhara and Shiva. [citation needed]