Kondh people

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The Kondh people are an indigenous Adivasi community of eastern and central India, known for their distinct tribal culture, traditional agrarian lifestyle, and use of the Kui language.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Kondh people canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Adivasi community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
agriculturalPractice millet cultivation ⓘ
podu cultivation ⓘ
associatedLanguageFamily Dravidian languages ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalPractice distinctive traditional dress ⓘ
elaborate body ornaments ⓘ
ritual festivals linked to agricultural cycles ⓘ
culturalRegion Eastern Ghats ⓘ
diet forest tubers and leafy greens ⓘ
millet-based foods ⓘ
economicActivity collection of forest produce ⓘ
small-scale animal husbandry ⓘ
ethnicity Dravidian peoples ⓘ
governedBy traditional village councils ⓘ
historicalPractice meriah human sacrifice ⓘ
historicalPracticeStatus abolished in the 19th century ⓘ
historicalReputation resistance to British colonial rule ⓘ
language Kui language ⓘ
Kuvi language ⓘ
nativeName Kandha ⓘ
Khond ⓘ
notableSubgroup Desia Kondh ⓘ
Dongria Kondh ⓘ
Kutia Kondh ⓘ
officialClassification Scheduled Tribe under the Indian Constitution ⓘ
populationStatus one of the largest tribal groups in Odisha ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
region Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Chhattisgarh ⓘ
Jharkhand ⓘ
Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
Odisha ⓘ
linked to: Orissa

central India ⓘ
eastern India ⓘ
religion Hinduism ⓘ
indigenous tribal religion ⓘ
selfIdentification Kandha ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based society ⓘ
traditionalBelief ancestor worship ⓘ
animism ⓘ
nature worship ⓘ
traditionalHousing thatched mud houses ⓘ
traditionalOccupation hunting and gathering ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
subsistence agriculture ⓘ

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

Kui → spokenBy → Kondh people ⓘ
Kuvi Kondh → spokenBy → Kondh people ⓘ