Case study; the Gonds.pptx

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1. Case study:Gond tribe. {India} By thanmay . m

2. 1. About gond tribe. The Gondi ( Gōndi ) or Gond or Koitur are a Dravidian ethno-linguistic group. They are one of the largest groups in India. They are spread over the states of  Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Odisha . Andhra Pradesh and Telangana:  304,537 Madhya Pradesh:  5,093,124 Maharashtra:  1,618,090 Uttar Pradesh:  569,035

3. 2. Gond tribe lifestyle The Gonds were mostly a race of hunter-gatherers who practiced  rudimentary agriculture and pastoral activity . Clearing up of forests can be expected to have immediately impacted their forest-dwelling lifestyle.

4. 3. Gond tribe food Gond diet has  two staple millets – askodo and kutki . They are often day meals in the form of broth and night meal in the form of dry cereal with vegetables grown in gardens or picked up from forests. One cereal that is a luxury for them is Rice. Gonds enjoy rice during special festivals and feasts.

5. 4. Gond tribe occupation The Gonds ' ties with the forest suggest that, in the past, they were nomadic hunters or food gatherers who took up shifting cultivation. Today they are mainly  plough-cultivators  whose agriculture differs little from other farming castes in their region.

6. Images of Gond tribe