Kondh

E679480

The Kondh are an indigenous tribal community of eastern India, particularly Odisha, known for their distinct Kui language, traditional agrarian lifestyle, and rich ritual and festival practices.

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Label Occurrences
Kondh canonical 6

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf indigenous people ⓘ
artForm ritual body tattooing (in some groups) ⓘ
traditional ornaments ⓘ
wall paintings (in some areas) ⓘ
associatedWith Eastern Ghats hill ranges ⓘ
linked to: Eastern Ghats
country India ⓘ
culturalFeature customary law ⓘ
folk songs ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
ritual dances ⓘ
festival Meriah-related rituals (historical) ⓘ
hasSubgroup Bhulia Kondh ⓘ
linked to: Jharia Kondh

Desia Kondh ⓘ
Dongria Kondh ⓘ
Jharia Kondh ⓘ
Kutia Kondh ⓘ
Raj Kondh ⓘ
linked to: Raj Gond
language Kui language ⓘ
languageFamily Dravidian languages ⓘ
livelihood subsistence farming ⓘ
mainCrops millets ⓘ
oilseeds ⓘ
paddy ⓘ
pulses ⓘ
primaryRegion Odisha ⓘ
linked to: Orissa

eastern India ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
indigenous animist beliefs ⓘ
ritualPractice animal sacrifice (historically) ⓘ
fertility rituals ⓘ
harvest festivals ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
village councils ⓘ
state Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Chhattisgarh ⓘ
Jharkhand ⓘ
Odisha ⓘ
linked to: Orissa

Telangana ⓘ
traditionalHousing mud walls ⓘ
thatched houses ⓘ
traditionalOccupation agriculture ⓘ
forest produce collection ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
traditionalReligionFeature ancestor worship ⓘ
nature worship ⓘ
sacred groves ⓘ

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