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List of major pastoral nomadic communities in India [6] Pastoral Group State and location Ethnic Identity Species Bakarwal: Jammu and Kashmir: Mainly goats Bharwad: Gujarat: Gujarati speaking Hindu group: Motabhai raise sheep and goat, and Nanabhai are cattle breeders Bhotia: Uttarakhand, upper regions of Garhwal and Kumaon: Mainly Hindu, some ...
Nomadic pastoralism also known as Nomadic herding, is a form of pastoralism in which livestock are herded in order to seek for fresh pastures on which to graze. True nomads follow an irregular pattern of movement, in contrast with transhumance , where seasonal pastures are fixed. [ 1 ]
There are 315 Nomadic Tribes and 198 Denotified Tribes. A large section of the Nomadic pastoralist tribes are known as vimukta jatis or 'free / liberated jatis' because they were classed as such under the Criminal Tribes Act 1871, enacted under British rule in India. After Indian independence, this act was repealed by the Government of India in
The group is known by different names in different parts of the country, including Gor Banjara, Baladiya, Gor, Gour Rajput, Rajput Banjara, Ladaniya, Labana, Nayak, etc. [citation needed] Despite the community adopting a multitude of languages, banjara is used throughout India, although in Karnataka, the name is altered to banijagaru. [8]
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A catt of the Bakhtiari people, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran Global map of pastoralism, its origins and historical development [1]. Pastoralism is a form of animal husbandry where domesticated animals (known as "livestock") are released onto large vegetated outdoor lands for grazing, historically by nomadic people who moved around with their herds. [2]
For pastoralists such as the Kurubas, the horse became an important pack animal after the Iron Age and an animal for fighting. Nanjundaiah claimed the Kurubas were the descendants of the Pallavas . [ citation needed ] Groups of soldiers from the Kuruba community became important in the armies of Deccan powers in the Medieval era. [ 5 ]
The Bakarwal (also spelled Bakkarwal or Bakrawala) are a nomadic ethnic group of the Gurjar tribe, they have been listed as Scheduled Tribes in the Indian Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh since 1991. [1] [2] Bakarwal Gurjars is one of the largest Muslim tribe and the third-largest ethnic community in the Indian part of Jammu and ...