Cultural Heritage of Indian Tribes

The rituals and cultural traits makes human life colourful and cheerful along with the representation of richness of their cultural heritage. The cultural heritage differs from area to area and social groups. The chain of cultural heritage is very long and it includes rituals of birth, marriage, death and festivals. The tribals contribute a share of about eight percent population of country’s population with more than 500 different groups. Every tribal group having special cultural traits and identity. The cultural heritage of every groups differs from each other, so in brief we can say that every group have their own culture. Same pattern can be seen throughout the earth. Their cultural heritage is age old bit effected by the developmental means. Keeping in view the importance of cultural heritage of tribal groups all prominent tribal groups viz Bhil, Bondo, Bot, Damor, Garasia, Ho’s, Karimbalas, Kathodi, Mina, Pahari Korwa, Saharia, Santhal, Sayara etc. have been discussed in detailed by the learned scholars. The cultural heritage of Andaman and Nicobar Island is discussed in detail by Dr. Mohanty while cultural heritage of Madhya Pradesh and Chhatishgarh by Dr. Srivastava. Folk literature and cultural integration is discussed by Dr. Jain while in the last chapter tribal struggle movement in Andhra Pradesh have been discussed in detail.