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NATIONAL IAS ACADEMY SUPER40 (BOOKLET NUMBER – 14) CONTACT: 9632334466
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PRESENTS
SUPER 40 SERIES TOP 40 PDFS FOR UPSC PRELIMINARY EXAM 2019
BOOKLET NUMBER - 14
TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN NEWS
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TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN NEWS
SL.NO NAME BELONG TO SALIENT FEATURES
1 Angami
Kohima - Nagaland Hornbill festival
Sekrenyi festival
Intricate and beautiful woodcraft
and artwork
Bamboo work, cane furniture,
beds, shawls, powerful machetes
Practice terraced wet-rice
cultivation
2 Bhils
Aravali ranges of Gujarat,
Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Rajasthan
and Tripura
Hunting, gathering and farming
Pithora painting
Ghoomar dance
3 Bhutia
Sikkim Tibetan ancestry
Women enjoy higher status
Vajrayana Buddhism
4 Bodos
Assam
Bagurumba dance
First ones to cultivate rice and rear
silkworms in Assam
Practise Bathousim – worshipping
forefathers
5 Chenchu
Nallamala hills - Andhra
Pradesh
Hunting and depend on jungle
products
Primitive Tribal group
6 Gonds
Madhya Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra,
Andhra and Odisha
Muslim writers described a rise of
Gond state after 14th century
Good knowledge of Science and
Astronomy
Worship Ravana as their 10th
Dharmaguru
7 Great
Andamanese
Andaman Islands
Includes Onge, Jarawa, Jangil and
Sentinelese
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8 Garo
Meghalaya
Matrilineal society
Youngest daughter inherits
property from her mother
Wangala harvest festival
9 Irula
Tamil Nadu, Kerala,
Andhra, Karnataka
Snake and rat catchers
10 Kurumban
Kerala and Tamil Nadu Witch craft
Magical performances
Traditional herbal medicine
Main deity - Bhairava
11 Khasi
Meghalaya State’s largest community
Living root bridges
12 Munda
Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh,
Odisha, Bihar, West
Bengal
Freedom fighter Birsa Munda
Widow re-marriage is practiced
13 Nyishi Arunachal Pradesh
Practise Polygyny
Jhum cultivation
Nyokum festival –
commemorating ancestors
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14 Kodava
Coorg – Karnataka
Worship river Kaveri
Uttari – Harvest festival
15 Santhals
West Bengal Agriculture , livestock and art of
hunting
Sohrai festival
Chadar Badar – puppetry
16 Siddis
Karnataka
Descended from Bantus of Africa
Damami dance
17 Soligas
Karnataka
trace their origin to Karayya, son
of Lord Maleya Mahadeshwara
shifting cultivation
18 Toda
Nilgiris – Tamil Nadu Fraternal Polyandry
Houses have small entrances
Practiced female infanticide
Unique embroidery
19 Warli
Maharashtra
Warli paintings
20 Toto West Bengal
No custom of divorce
Elevated Bamboo huts
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National IAS Academy
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8th 'F' main road, 22nd cross,
Opp. ICICI bank,
3rd Block, Jayanagar,
Bangalore – 560011