The Scheduled Tribes in Transition: A Sociological Study of Gonds

Some important tribes of India, are also covered in this book. It is pointed out that ‘Races and Tribes’ are not the same. Physical features, cultural traditions, like area wise, sub clan wise, localities wise, the changing attitude of the parents, in respect of kinship marriage, joking-religious are clearly found in the religious attitudes of the tribes. They are also subject to the influence of Hindustan and Islam. In the performance of rituals and ceremonies, again there is a mixture of their traditional ways and the methods of Veershaivism. Among the deities of Gondkurubs Birlinga, Malingaraya, Mallana, Khondaba, Revansiddha, Verrabhadra, Herodaya are the important ones. During the ceremony of the festivals, the sound of Dollu (drums) and the songs in chorus are prominent features, leisure activities are also taken into consideration. Housing ownership, landed property, occupational patterns, types of soils, income and expenditure etc. covered. In the last chapter of the book, the list of scheduled tribes total population of India with percentage, Karnataka Scheduled Tribes List, the state-wise seats reserved in Parliament and Assemblies in Union Territory, Adivasi Academy and Tribal Commission of India’s Guidelines are also given with the help of Adivasi Academy and Notional Commission for Scheduled Tribes Chairman Sri. Kumwar Singh. Tribal Revolts in India, Land Alienation Laws in the various states, measures for the upliftment of the scheduled tribes and certain selected cases of the field study are also mentioned.