Maria Gond

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Maria Gond are an indigenous Adivasi community of central India, traditionally inhabiting forested regions and known for their distinct culture, language, and close relationship with the natural environment.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Maria Gond canonical 7

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Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Adivasi community ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
indigenous community ⓘ
artForm folk art and wall paintings ⓘ
traditional body tattoos ⓘ
associatedWith Bastar region ⓘ
country India ⓘ
culturalTrait close relationship with the natural environment ⓘ
distinct rituals and festivals ⓘ
distinct traditional dress ⓘ
oral traditions ⓘ
traditional songs and dances ⓘ
diet locally grown crops ⓘ
millets and forest produce ⓘ
economicActivity forest produce collection ⓘ
hunting and gathering ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
small-scale agriculture ⓘ
ethnicity Gond ⓘ
facingIssue cultural assimilation pressures ⓘ
deforestation ⓘ
land alienation ⓘ
loss of traditional livelihoods ⓘ
festival harvest festivals ⓘ
nature worship festivals ⓘ
geographicDistribution Andhra Pradesh ⓘ
Chhattisgarh ⓘ
Madhya Pradesh ⓘ
Maharashtra ⓘ
Odisha ⓘ
linked to: Orissa

Telangana ⓘ
governedBy customary law ⓘ
languageFamily Dravidian languages ⓘ
livelihoodDependence forest resources ⓘ
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ
region central India ⓘ
linked to: Central India
religion Hinduism (syncretic practices) ⓘ
indigenous animist beliefs ⓘ
religiousSpecialist traditional shamans and ritual specialists ⓘ
socialClassification Scheduled Tribe ⓘ
socialStructure clan-based organization ⓘ
village councils ⓘ
subgroupOf Gond people ⓘ
traditionalBelief ancestor worship ⓘ
sacred groves and forest spirits ⓘ
traditionalHabitat forested regions ⓘ
traditionalHousing mud houses with thatched roofs ⓘ
traditionalLanguage Gondi ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

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

Dandakaranya forest → ethnicGroup → Maria Gond ⓘ
Raj Gond → relatedGroup → Maria Gond ⓘ
Madia Gond → hasAlternativeName → Maria Gond ⓘ
Gond people → relatedEthnicGroup → Maria Gond ⓘ
Dantewada district → ethnicGroup → Maria Gond ⓘ
Madiya tribe → alsoKnownAs → Maria Gond ⓘ
Muria Gond → relatedGroup → Maria Gond ⓘ