Baiga

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Baiga are an indigenous Adivasi community of central India known for their traditional shifting cultivation, forest-based livelihood, and distinctive cultural practices.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Baiga canonical 4

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Adivasi community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous people ⓘ
agriculturalPractice rainfed farming ⓘ
slash-and-burn cultivation ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalPractice ancestor worship ⓘ
body tattooing ⓘ
ritual dance ⓘ
traditional music ⓘ
use of herbal medicine ⓘ
diet forest tubers ⓘ
leafy forest vegetables ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millets ⓘ
wild fruits ⓘ
facedIssue displacement from forests ⓘ
land alienation ⓘ
malnutrition ⓘ
poverty ⓘ
heritageStatus distinct tribal culture of India ⓘ
knownFor close relationship with forests ⓘ
knowledge of local ecology ⓘ
traditional healing practices ⓘ
languageFamily Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ
livelihoodSource bamboo work ⓘ
minor forest produce ⓘ
wage labor ⓘ
marriagePractice endogamy at community level ⓘ
exogamy at clan level ⓘ
policyCategory particularly vulnerable tribal group ⓘ
primaryRegion Central India ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe ⓘ
religion animism ⓘ
folk Hinduism ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
state Chhattisgarh ⓘ
Jharkhand ⓘ
Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
Uttar Pradesh ⓘ
traditionalEconomy collection of forest produce ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ
traditionalHousing mud houses ⓘ
thatched roofs ⓘ
traditionalOccupation forest-based livelihood ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (4)

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

Eastern Madhya Pradesh → hasTribalPopulation → Baiga ⓘ
subject linked to: eastern Madhya Pradesh