{"id":350730,"date":"2025-11-26T18:31:58","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T13:01:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=350730"},"modified":"2025-11-26T18:31:58","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T13:01:58","slug":"abujhmadiya-tribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/abujhmadiya-tribe\/","title":{"rendered":"Abujhmadiya Tribe"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>News<\/strong><strong>: <\/strong>The Abujhmadiya tribe is in news because its members are increasingly participating in the Bastar Olympics sports tournament.<\/p>\n<h2>About Abujhmadiya Tribe<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_350731\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-350731\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-350731\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-MoTA.jpg?resize=300%2C199&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Abujhmadiya Tribe\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-MoTA.jpg?resize=300%2C199&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Source-MoTA.jpg?w=394&amp;ssl=1 394w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-350731\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; MoTA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>It is <strong>sub-group and sub-caste<\/strong> of the <strong>Gond tribe of the Central India region.<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>On racial grounds<\/strong>, they are placed in the <strong>Pre-Dravidian or Proto-Australoid group<\/strong>, with generally medium height and strong physique.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Location: <\/strong>They inhabit the <strong>dense forests and hilly terrains<\/strong> of the <strong>Abujhmarh region<\/strong>, which spans the <strong>Narayanpur, Bijapur, and Dantewada districts of Chhattisgarh, bordering Maharashtra and Odisha<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It is also recognized as <strong>one of the seven Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) in Chhattisgarh. <\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Language:<\/strong> <strong>Speak &#8216;Madi&#8217;, <\/strong>a local dialect of the<strong> Dravidian language<\/strong> family&#8217;s Gondi dialect.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Chief Deities:<\/strong> Major deities include <strong>Budhadeva, Thakur Dev (Tallubhet), Budhimai or Budhi Dokri, and Lingopen<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>They also have a <strong>house god (Chota pen, Bada pen, Manjhla pen)<\/strong> and a clan <strong>god (Gotranusara as the Kul Devta).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Nature Worship:<\/strong> The tribe worships natural elements such as the Sun, Moon, rivers, mountains, and the Earth.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Festivals :<\/strong> Major festivals include <strong>Pola, Kakasar, and Pandum<\/strong>, often linked to agricultural cycles.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Dance and Music:<\/strong> Men and women are very fond of dancing and singing. Key dances include <strong>Kaksar, Gedi dance, and Rilo<\/strong>.\n<ul>\n<li>Traditional musical instruments like <strong>drums and flutes<\/strong> are used during performances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Folk Songs:<\/strong> Their folk songs include <strong>Dadriya, Relogeet, Poojageet<\/strong>, songs for marriage, engagement, and baby showers (<strong>chhatthi<\/strong>).<\/li>\n<li><strong>Body Art:<\/strong> <strong>Tattooing (<em>Godana<\/em>)<\/strong> is considered a permanent jewel for Abujhmaria women.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Social Structure:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>The society is <strong>patriarchal<\/strong> and organized into <strong>clans (<em>gotras<\/em>).<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They have a <strong>traditional caste panchayat<\/strong> system led by a <strong><em>Manjhi<\/em> (chief).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Abujhmadiya tribe is in news because its members are increasingly participating in the Bastar Olympics sports tournament. About Abujhmadiya Tribe It is sub-group and sub-caste of the Gond tribe of the Central India region. On racial grounds, they are placed in the Pre-Dravidian or Proto-Australoid group, with generally medium height and strong physique.&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/abujhmadiya-tribe\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Abujhmadiya Tribe<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10393,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-350730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350730","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10393"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=350730"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350730\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350730"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350730"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350730"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}