NATIONAL IAS ACADEMY SUPER40 (BOOKLET NUMBER – 14) CONTACT: 9632334466 1 | Page PRESENTS SUPER 40 SERIES TOP 40 PDFS FOR UPSC PRELIMINARY EXAM 2019 BOOKLET NUMBER - 14 TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN NEWS VIJAYANAGAR BRANCH: #3444, ‘KARMA KOUSHALYA BHAVAN’, CHORD ROAD, OPPOSITE TO ATTIGUPPE METRO STATION, VIJAYANAGAR, BANGALORE – 540040 JAYANAGAR BRANCH: LUCKY PARADISE, 2 ND FLOOR, 8 TH F MAIN ROAD, 22 ND CROSS, OPPOSITE TO ICICI BANK, 3 RD BLOCK, JAYANAGAR, BANGALORE -560011
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NATIONAL IAS ACADEMY SUPER40 (BOOKLET NUMBER – 14) CONTACT: 9632334466
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PRESENTS
SUPER 40 SERIES TOP 40 PDFS FOR UPSC PRELIMINARY EXAM 2019
BOOKLET NUMBER - 14
TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN NEWS
VIJAYANAGAR BRANCH: #3444, ‘KARMA KOUSHALYA BHAVAN’, CHORD ROAD, OPPOSITE TO
ATTIGUPPE METRO STATION, VIJAYANAGAR, BANGALORE – 540040
JAYANAGAR BRANCH: LUCKY PARADISE, 2ND FLOOR, 8TH F MAIN ROAD, 22ND CROSS, OPPOSITE
TO ICICI BANK, 3RD BLOCK, JAYANAGAR, BANGALORE -560011
NATIONAL IAS ACADEMY SUPER40 (BOOKLET NUMBER – 14) CONTACT: 9632334466
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TRIBAL COMMUNITIES IN NEWS
SL.NO NAME BELONG TO SALIENT FEATURES
1 Angami
Kohima - Nagaland Hornbill festival
Sekrenyi festival
Intricate and beautiful woodcraft
and artwork
Bamboo work, cane furniture,
beds, shawls, powerful machetes
Practice terraced wet-rice
cultivation
2 Bhils
Aravali ranges of Gujarat,
Madhya Pradesh,
Maharashtra, Rajasthan
and Tripura
Hunting, gathering and farming
Pithora painting
Ghoomar dance
3 Bhutia
Sikkim Tibetan ancestry
Women enjoy higher status
Vajrayana Buddhism
4 Bodos
Assam
Bagurumba dance
First ones to cultivate rice and rear
silkworms in Assam
Practise Bathousim – worshipping
forefathers
5 Chenchu
Nallamala hills - Andhra
Pradesh
Hunting and depend on jungle
products
Primitive Tribal group
6 Gonds
Madhya Pradesh,
Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra,
Andhra and Odisha
Muslim writers described a rise of
Gond state after 14th century
Good knowledge of Science and
Astronomy
Worship Ravana as their 10th
Dharmaguru
7 Great
Andamanese
Andaman Islands
Includes Onge, Jarawa, Jangil and
Sentinelese
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8 Garo
Meghalaya
Matrilineal society
Youngest daughter inherits
property from her mother
Wangala harvest festival
9 Irula
Tamil Nadu, Kerala,
Andhra, Karnataka
Snake and rat catchers
10 Kurumban
Kerala and Tamil Nadu Witch craft
Magical performances
Traditional herbal medicine
Main deity - Bhairava
11 Khasi
Meghalaya State’s largest community
Living root bridges
12 Munda
Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh,
Odisha, Bihar, West
Bengal
Freedom fighter Birsa Munda
Widow re-marriage is practiced
13 Nyishi Arunachal Pradesh
Practise Polygyny
Jhum cultivation
Nyokum festival –
commemorating ancestors
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14 Kodava
Coorg – Karnataka
Worship river Kaveri
Uttari – Harvest festival
15 Santhals
West Bengal Agriculture , livestock and art of
hunting
Sohrai festival
Chadar Badar – puppetry
16 Siddis
Karnataka
Descended from Bantus of Africa
Damami dance
17 Soligas
Karnataka
trace their origin to Karayya, son
of Lord Maleya Mahadeshwara
shifting cultivation
18 Toda
Nilgiris – Tamil Nadu Fraternal Polyandry
Houses have small entrances
Practiced female infanticide
Unique embroidery
19 Warli
Maharashtra
Warli paintings
20 Toto West Bengal
No custom of divorce
Elevated Bamboo huts
NATIONAL IAS ACADEMY SUPER40 (BOOKLET NUMBER – 14) CONTACT: 9632334466