Ethnic Minority Community | Adivasis | India

Communities that are in minor. Adivasis as a current minor community in India. A lot more about it inside.

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2. E t h n i c M i n o r i t y C o m m u n i t y

3. Content Minority Community Characteristics of Minority Group Ethnic Minority Community Ethnic Minority Communities around the World Ethnic Minority Communities in India Adivasis Cultural Background Hardships Champion of Adivasis

4. Minority Community Minority community is a culturally, ethnically, or racially distinct group that coexists with but is subordinate to a more dominant group. Subordinacy is the chief defining characteristic of a minority group. Sociologist Louis Wirth defined a minority group as “a group of people who, because of their physical or cultural characteristics, are singled out from the others in the society in which they live for differential and unequal treatment, and who therefore regard themselves as objects of collective discrimination.”

5. The role of minority groups varies from society to society depending on the structure of the social system and the relative power of the minority group. For instance, the degree of social mobility of a member of a minority group depends on whether the society in which he lives is closed or open. A minority may disappear from a society via assimilation, a process through which a minority group replaces its traditions with those of the dominant culture. However, complete assimilation is very rare. Efforts to forcibly eliminate a minority from a society have ranged from expulsion to mob violence, ethnic cleansing, and genocide. These forms of oppression obviously have immediate and long-term negative effects on those who are victimized. They typically devastate the economic, political, and mental health. The late 19th and early 20th centuries saw widespread mob violence against minorities, including pogroms against Jews (in Russia) and lynching of blacks, Roman Catholics, immigrants, and others in the United States.

6. Characteristics of Minority Group According to Charles Wagley and Marvin Harris (1958), a minority group is distinguished by five characteristics: (1) unequal treatment and less power over their lives (2) distinguishing physical or cultural traits like skin color or language (3) involuntary membership in the group (4) awareness of subordination (5) high rate of in-group marriage. Additional examples of minority groups might include the LBGT community, religious practitioners whose faith is not widely practiced where they live, and people with disabilities.  

7.  Ethnic Minority Community An ethnic minority is a group of people who differ in race or color or in national, religious, or cultural origin from the dominant group — often the majority population — of the country in which they live.  

8. Ethnic Minority Communities around the world  

9. Ethnic Minority Communities in India  India is known for its rich and varied traditions and is one of the important representatives of the cultures of Asia. There are over 1, 652 different languages spoken in India. The ethnic groups are identified as castes or clans and groups have no official status after the Indian Independence in 1947. However, there are scheduled castes and tribes registered as a part of positive ethnic discrimination. There are over 6000 ethnicities in India and each one of them is differentiated according to language, religion, caste and communities each following a different tradition and culture.  

10. 1] Dalits 2] Muslims 3] Adivasis 4] Nagas 5] Christians 6] Sikhs 7] Kashmiris 8] Parsis 9] Jews 10] Others

11. Adivasis

12. Who are Adivasis? The word ‘Adivasi’ is derived from Sanskrit and means ‘the earliest inhabitants'. The Adivasis are indigenous peoples and are believed to be the first inhabitants of India. Adivasis have distinct languages, religions and forms of self-government, together with a deep bond to their land and respect for nature. 8% of India’s population are Adivasis. There are over 500 different Adivasi groups in India. Adivasi communities do not have any hierarchy among them. They are totally different from communities organized around principles of the caste system. The religion of Adivasis is different from Islam, Hinduism or Christianity. The Adivasis worship their ancestral, village or nature spirits.

13. Cultural Background Adivasis in India have consistently contributed to the diverse culture of the country. They are experts in wildlife and nature conservation, have knowledge of various sustainable agriculture and living practices, ethno-medicine and have a rich culture of stories, literature, art and dance forms.  

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15. The Adivasis were pushed out of the forests of Jharkhand and they had to migrate to other parts of India and the world. The Adivasis experienced hardship and death during the migration. Five lakh Adivasis had perished in these migrations. When forests were cleared for mining a majority of tribals are displaced. Wide areas of forest land were submerged under water when many dams were built in India after 1947. Due to this many Adivasis were displaced from the States of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa and Jharkhand. In the North east, Adivasi lands are war-torn and occupied by the military. There are 54 national parks and 372 wildlife sanctuaries in India. These Parks cover an area of 1, 09,652 sq km. of forest land. The Adivasis were evicted from these forests. Hardships faced by the Adivasis

16. Jaipal formed an Adivasi Mahasabha in 1938 which asked for a separate state of “Jharkhand”, to be carved out of Bihar. To the tribals of Chotanagpur, he was Marang Gomke or “Great Leader”.  In the constituent assembly, Jaipal Singh came to represent the tribals not just of his native plateau, but also of all of India. Jaipal Singh Munda Champion of Adivasis

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