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The present study carried out at Kandhmal district of Odisha which was once famous for human sacrifice to appease darni-the earth deity; in fact in the name of such sacrifice chiefly female infanticide was practised by the Kandh and Pano community which was known as merriah. The present empirical study at the hilly-forest terrain of Kandhamal among the Pano or Kui Domanga community, categorized as Scheduled Caste-the stigma of untouchability has been imposed ...
The present treatise is the outcome of intensive field investigation among the Mal Paharia, who is settled within the boundary of Damin-i-koh of Santal Pargana, Jharkhand. The life and culture of the Mal Paharia are nourished under the lap of nature where their strong belief system plays a key role. The concept of globalization means connectivity and increasing interdependence of world society into a single whole. With the advent of new world economy which is ...
Study conducted in Bastar District of Chhattisgarh state, India.
The Birjia—a lesser know primitive tribe of Chotanagpur plateau of Bihar are nurtured in the cradle of nature, environment is one of the important factors which influences the needs, customs, behaviour and mental make up of people, that is, the culture of people. This becomes more determining in case of the tribals who live amidst forests and for whom environment has a direct bearing on their occupation and consequently economy. The present volume highlights ...
The cultural conception, the traditional perception as well as analysis of the different aspects of environment and its importance in the socio-cultural matrix of people may be described as ethno-ecology. The present treatise gives a very convincing portrait of the Indian tribal people and the varied geographical conditions in which they live. For sustenance they depend on such immediate niche from where they exploit the natural resources. Their culture is ...
Science is the study to explain the relationship between cause and effect and this relationship is explained through induction and deduction of logical interpretation. Each and every indigenous community possesses a specific wisdom within a distinct domain in which their sustenance activities are limited and this great heritage of folk knowledge clearly reflects a scientific base which may be termed as ethno-science. The present treatise is on the Abujh Maria, a ...