Tribes of India - Our heritage

1. TRIBES OF INDIA
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2. Chhattisgarh
North-East
India
OdishaGujarat
Regions with tribal tours

4. North-East region
• Miji Tribal villages
• The traditional costume of Miji women consists of an ankle-length
white garment with a beautifully decorated red jacket. Like the
Akas, the Miji wear silver ornaments and glass-based necklaces.
• Khan is the most celebrated festival of the Mijis. It is an occasion
for reunion among the local community. The significance of the
festival lies in a ceremony where the priest ties a piece of wool
around everybody's neck. The belief is that the enchanted thread
will bring good luck to each one of them.

5. • Nishi Tribal villages
• A Nishi can be easily distinguished by his dress peculiar to his tribe
as their menfolk wear their hair long and tie it in a knot just above
the forehead.
• They wear cane bands around the waist. A neatly woven cane cap
which they call Bopia on his head, a knot at the forehead called
Padum with a cane basket looks like haversack call Nara, a
smoking pipe in his mouth and a long Dao (long bladed knife) he
looks like a proud man, proud of his race and tradition.
• The Nishi villages are rarely found in clusters. The tribe as a whole
is fond of hunting and fishing in which they perhaps excel any other
neighboring tribes.

6. Nishi tribe
Miji tribe

7. • Apatani tribal villages
• The Apatani are good cultivators and practice both wet and terrace
cultivation. Paddy cum fish culture is very popular among them and
they are very stable in economy unlike the other tribes. The people
of this tribal are well settled agriculturists inhabiting the valley
around Ziro.
• Here, you will see the older men-folk tie the hair in top-knots and
tattoo the faces. Wearing of circular nose plugs and tattooing of
faces is the most characteristic aspect of ornamentation of older
Apatani women.

8. • Tagin and Hill Miri villages
• Hill Miri is a variety of the Miri language spoken by some 10,000
people in the hilly area of central Arunachal Pradesh. Hill Miri is
widely spoken by all but the school-age generation of children, who
appear to have abandoned the language in at least some villages.
• Monpa
• The Monpa are known for wood carving, Thangka painting, carpet
making and weaving. They manufactured paper from the pulp of
the local sukso tree. Apart from skillful wood carvers, the Monpa
are also known for their artistry in Thangka painting and weaving
carpets and clothes. They dress colorfully with thick blankets and
jackets. Most of their clothing is made from coarse, red material
made from yaks’ hair. Living at such an altitude, the Monpa culture,
food and clothing are in many ways dependent on yaks. Women
and men flaunt headgear made of yaks hair and tails.

9. Hill Miri tribesman
Thangka painting

10. Odisha
• Villages of Kutia Kondh tribes
• The people of Kondhs were once famous in the history for their
human sacrifice. They natives are very simple and hospitable. The
people are average in height and are healthy and very strong. They
are very cheerful, lived in present and do not think much of future.
• Dongria Kondh tribes
• The Kondh are one of most primitive tribe and they live in the high
gradients of the Niyamagiri hills. These main livelihood of Kondh
depend on horticultures. They grow a number of fruits like orange,
pineapple, banana etc. The male people are using earring, nose-
ring & keep their hair as woman.

11. Kutia Kondh Tribe
Dongria Kondh tribe

12. • Ankadeli and Lamtaput tribal villages
• Ankadeli is famous for the most primitive, interesting & unique tribal
weekly market of the Bonda tribes. The place is the border of the
neighboring state of Andhra Pradesh, divided by river Machkund,
with interest waterfall, mountain & forest. Here we visit the tribal of
Bonda.
• Bondas are also most primitive tribe in India and also known as the
Nakate tribes of the mountain. Bonda women with their silver &
brass rings around the neck, hundreds of necklaces on the body,
shaved hair a small cloth wrapped down to cover half of the private
areas are out of any history book. In the other side the Bonda men
with their bow & arrow with country made liquor.
• Lamtaput villages famous for another primitive tribal community the
Gadabas.

13. • Paraja tribe
• Have the biggest tribal weekly market in the Koraput district of
Odisha.
• The traditional dress of the tribe consists of loin cloth and napkin for
men and coarse and cheap Sarees for women. But because of
external contact, they now use modern dresses like shirts, banians,
blouses, colored sarees, ribbons etc.
• Parajas are generally hill cultivators. But in Nabarangpur district
settled cultivation is the main stay of their subsistence economy.
They are fond of cattle wealth.

14. Bonda
tribe
Gadaba
tribe
Paraja
tribe

15. Gujarat
• Garasia tribal villages
• The village of Poshina is home to a number of artisans the tribal
arrow crafters, potters, blacksmiths and the bazaar is famous for
silver tribal jewelry, ornate sheathed daggers and terra cotta
horses. Around Poshina are hamlets of the Bhil and Garasia tribal
communities, known for their colorful attires and artistic ornaments.
• Dungri Garasia tribes
• Dungri Garasia is generic term, covering half a dozen endogamous
hierarchical sub-tribes calling themselves Garasia or Dungri
Garasia. Garasia is very close to Bhil. Due to paucity of good
agriculture land, there are a few chances of sustainable agriculture
and animal husbandry.

16. Garasia tribal women

17. • Rabari and Bharwad tribal villages
• Rural Vadiara and Kharapat Rabaris of Dasada, known for their
embroideries, the silk-weavers colony at Dasada and Ambala
village of the Bharwad shepherds and goat herds. The weaving
cooperative at Bajana and other artisan’s workshops can also be
included in the tours.
• Other societies near Dasada are Padhars (primarily fishing people),
the Siddis and the semi-nomadic Mirs, Jaths (Muslim herders),
Bajanias.
• Hudo dance is famous dance form of Bharwad tribe.

18. Rabari tribe
Bharwad tribe

19. Chhattisgarh
• Bison-Horn Maria tribe
• The name of the tribe is derived from the head gear worn by the
men when they dance. Made out of Bison horn and ornately hand
crafted with beads.
• Men beat drums as they dance. Women sing and join them in
dancing. The dance is rhythmic in circles with easy steps. The
dance is performed in festivals or during social occasions.

20. References
• https://www.tourmyindia.com/special-interest-tour/tribal-
tours-in-india.html
• Https://www.tripsavvy.com/top-india-tribal-tours-1539798
• http://traveltwosome.com/chattisgarh-chronicles/
• http://kbk.nic.in/koraputtribes/nabparaja.htm