Adivasi Indian Tribe

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The Adivasi is a term to refer to the collective combination of the ethnic and tribal group of the original aborigines in India. They are prevalent in the states of Kerala, Orissa, Madhya Pradesh, Chattisgarh, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Bhar, West Bengal and many other cities in India.  Many of these tribes have been identified as primitive people who need assistance from the government through governmental programs that sustains their livelihoods. 82. % Of India’s population, which is equivalent to 84 million people, is primitive tribes people. A majority of the Adivasi lives in the mountainous regions of central Asia. Adivasi are in the middle caste and often occupied high castes and royal positions in India’s aristocracy.

 The majority of the Adivisia practice Hinduism and Christianity. Each tribes vary in their beliefs and many worship Indo-European Gods and don’t believe in the idea of reincarnation. The religion Sarna which westerners often referred to as animism and spirit worship is about the belief that the world is full of numerous spiritual beings of all kinds and shapes. Many modern historians believe that Hinduism sprouted from a combination of Adivisia beliefs.  They worship many animal statues of horses, elephants, monkeys, cows, peacocks, and cobras. Efforts to educate the tribal children through Indian government have hade mixed results where the students often drop out to work in the fields for their family and some succeed into higher educations, but they drop out later out of difficulty adjusting to modernization.

A majority of the tribes are located in woodland areas that are inaccessible and do not have any political and economic significance. The economy of tribes was primarily hunter-gatherer and agrarian system. They bartered with local craftsmen for the items that they needed like cooking utensils and iron. Adivsia began interacting with the outside world with government interventions, creation of new motorized roads, and trading with other sources. Tribesmen began to sell their products in stores, but sold their good on credit, so they quickly gained debts. They often mortgaged their lands and they dappled in cash crops (cotton or castor-oil plants) that caused need for basic goods.  Though illegal, indebtedness occurred, and the tribesmen became indentured servants meaning that they had to serve until there debts were repaid. They were often subjugated to cruel and untrusting rulers.