{"id":347923,"date":"2025-10-13T15:53:50","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T10:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=347923"},"modified":"2025-10-13T15:53:50","modified_gmt":"2025-10-13T10:23:50","slug":"siddi-tribal-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/siddi-tribal-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Siddi Tribal Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>N<\/strong><strong>ews<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>Recently , President Droupadi Murmu expressed happiness that the Siddi tribal community, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group, has achieved a literacy rate of over 72 per cent.<\/p>\n<h2>About Siddi Tribal Community<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_347924\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-347924\" style=\"width: 365px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-347924\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-History-TV.jpg?resize=365%2C201&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"365\" height=\"201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-History-TV.jpg?resize=300%2C165&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-History-TV.jpg?resize=1024%2C565&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-History-TV.jpg?resize=768%2C423&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Source-History-TV.jpg?w=1420&amp;ssl=1 1420w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 365px) 100vw, 365px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-347924\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; History TV<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The Siddi are an ethnic group in India and Pakistan with <strong>African roots from the Bantu community.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They are also called <strong>Sheedi, Sidi, Siddhi, Habshi, and Badsha.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>History: <\/strong>They are believed to have <strong>first come to India in the 7th century with Arab merchants<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>In the <strong>16th century, they arrived with the Portuguese and the British<\/strong>, largely as slaves.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Geographic distribution<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>They are scattered across<strong> Karnataka, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Goa and Tamil Nadu, often in isolated villages and interior forests,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Status in India<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>In 2003, the Union government classified Siddis under the list of <strong>Scheduled Tribes<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>They are included in the <strong>Centre<\/strong><strong>\u2019<\/strong><strong>s list of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Cultural contribution<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The Siddis are known for <strong>folk music and dances<\/strong> such as <strong>Dhamal and Rasda<\/strong>, with <strong>men<\/strong> performing the Dhamal dance.<\/li>\n<li>Percussive instruments like the <strong>dammam, duf, and gumte<\/strong> are popular among men and women.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Religion:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>They practise different religions, such as <strong>Christianity, Hinduism and Islam,<\/strong> but some cultural practices and rituals are shared.<\/li>\n<li>Irrespective of religion, almost all are <strong>devotees of the deity Yallamma<\/strong> and may worship pu or at home.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language used: <\/strong>This tribe speak either <strong>Konkani, Urdu or Marathi<\/strong> as their main language<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: Recently , President Droupadi Murmu expressed happiness that the Siddi tribal community, a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group, has achieved a literacy rate of over 72 per cent. About Siddi Tribal Community The Siddi are an ethnic group in India and Pakistan with African roots from the Bantu community. 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