Gond

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The Gond are one of central India’s largest Adivasi (indigenous) communities, known for their Dravidian languages, rich oral traditions, and distinctive ritual and folk art.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gond canonical 29
Gond community 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Adivasi community ⓘ
Scheduled Tribe ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
artRecognition contemporary tribal art movement ⓘ
artStyle Gond painting ⓘ
wall murals ⓘ
clanSystem totemic clans ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalPractice ancestor worship ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
nature worship ⓘ
oral epics ⓘ
ritual dance ⓘ
demographicStatus one of central India’s largest Adivasi communities ⓘ
one of the largest tribal groups in India ⓘ
ethnicity Adivasi ⓘ
linked to: Adivasis
governance traditional village councils ⓘ
heritageStatus indigenous cultural heritage of India ⓘ
knownFor folk art ⓘ
rich oral traditions ⓘ
ritual art ⓘ
languageFamily Dravidian languages ⓘ
mythology creation myths ⓘ
hero epics ⓘ
populationRegion Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Bihar ⓘ
Chhattisgarh ⓘ
Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
Maharashtra ⓘ
Odisha ⓘ
linked to: Orissa

Telangana ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
region Central India ⓘ
religion Gondi religion ⓘ
Hinduism ⓘ
animism ⓘ
scriptStatus primarily oral tradition ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Gondi language ⓘ
Koya language ⓘ
Pardhan Gondi ⓘ
linked to: Bastar Gondi
traditionalOccupation forest-based livelihoods ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gondia district → ethnicGroup → Gond ⓘ
subject linked to: Gondia
Raj Gond → partOf → Gond community ⓘ
linked to: Gond
Raj Gond → relatedGroup → Gond ⓘ
Gondi people → ethnicity → Gond ⓘ
Eastern Madhya Pradesh → hasTribalPopulation → Gond ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Madhya Pradesh
Komaram Bheem → ethnicity → Gond ⓘ
Maria Gond → ethnicity → Gond ⓘ