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Even today a large proportion of the Khond men join the State police or Armed Forces of India to seek an opportunity to prove their bravery. Modern education has facilitated the entry of a large number of Khonds into Government Civil Service, and adaptation to modern life has ensured that the tribe is one of the most politically dominant in Odisha.
The Dangaria Kandha people are members of the Kondhs. They are located in the Niyamgiri hills in the state of Odisha (formerly Orissa) in India. [1] They sustain themselves from the resources of the Niyamgiri forests, practising horticulture and shifting cultivation. [2]: 18 They have been at the centre of a dispute over mining rights in the area.
Gondi belong to the central Dravidian subgroup. They are spread over the states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha. A state named Gondwana was proposed to represent them in India. Khonds: South-Central Dravidian 1,627,486 (2011 census) Khonds are found in Odisha. Kannadigas
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 following list shows the 33 largest Scheduled Tribes according to the Census in India 2011 (76% ≈ 80 of a total of 104 million members) with their population development (population explosion from +25%), their proportions and their gender distribution (number of female relatives per 1000 male) as well as the populated states/territories ...
Munda people of Jharkhand also follow the age old tradition of Patthalgari, i.e., stone erection, in which the tribal community residing in the village buries a large inverted U-shaped dressed headstone on the head side of a grave or at the entrance to the village, in which is inscribed the family tree of the dead persons. [39]
Kui (also Kandha, Khondi, Khond, Khondo, Kanda, Kodu (Kōdu), Kodulu, Kuinga (Kūinga), Kuy) is a South-Central Dravidian language spoken by the Kandhas, eastern Indian state of Odisha. It is mostly spoken in Odisha , and written in the Odia script .
Gonda (tribe) or Khonds, a tribal people of eastern India, speakers of the Dravidian Kui language (India) ... Gondia, a city in the state of Maharashtra in Central India