{"id":366640,"date":"2026-07-03T16:16:58","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:46:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=366640"},"modified":"2026-07-03T16:16:58","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T10:46:58","slug":"rung-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rung-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Rung Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>\u00a0The Rung community opposed the installation of a three-tonne artificial Shivling near Om Parvat, stating that it violated their tradition of nature worship.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\"><strong>About Rung Community<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_366642\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-366642\" style=\"width: 204px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-366642\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-Uttrakhand-Govt.jpg?resize=204%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rung Community\" width=\"204\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-Uttrakhand-Govt.jpg?resize=204%2C300&amp;ssl=1 204w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/Source-Uttrakhand-Govt.jpg?w=505&amp;ssl=1 505w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 204px) 100vw, 204px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-366642\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source &#8211; Uttrakhand Govt.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li>The <strong>Rung (Rang or Shauka) community<\/strong> is an <strong>indigenous trans-Himalayan tribal community<\/strong> that <strong>follows nature worship<\/strong> and has a <strong>distinct Himalayan cultural identity.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Distribution<\/strong>: The community <strong>lives in the India\u2013Nepal\u2013Tibet border region<\/strong> of the <strong>Kumaon Himalayas.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Settlement Area:<\/strong> They inhabit the high-altitude <strong>valleys of Vyans, Darma, Chaudans, and Johar<\/strong> in Pithoragarh district, <strong>Uttarakhand<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Indigenous Identity:<\/strong> The Rung are a <strong>Tibeto-Burman ethnic group<\/strong> with a distinct Himalayan tribal culture.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Language<\/strong>: The Rung community <strong>speaks Runglo (Rangkas)<\/strong> and other distinct <strong>dialects such as Vyansi, Chaudangsi, and Darma.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Status<\/strong>: The community is legally recognised as a <strong>Scheduled Tribe (ST) in India.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Key Aspects:<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Nature Worship:<\/strong> The community worships <strong>Lord Shiva<\/strong> through <strong>mountains, rivers, forests, and other sacred natural landscapes.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Traditional Livelihood:<\/strong> They traditionally practised <strong>trans-Himalayan trade<\/strong>, <strong>pastoralism, agriculture, animal husbandry<\/strong>, seasonal migration, and <strong>collected medicinal herbs<\/strong> such as <strong>Yartsa Gumbu, Kutki, and Gandrayan.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Traditional Seed Bank:<\/strong>\u00a0The community <strong>preserves seeds in underground pits before migrating to lower altitudes<\/strong> during winter and retrieves them for the next sowing season.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Festival:<\/strong>\u00a0The community celebrates the <strong>Kandali Festival once every 12<\/strong> years during the flowering of the Kandali plant, and the festival is dedicated to <strong>Lord Shiva.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Traditional Governance:<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Gram Sabhas and traditional tribal institutions regulate community affairs<\/strong> and natural resource use<span style=\"font-family: var(--global--font-secondary); font-size: var(--global--font-size-base);\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News:\u00a0The Rung community opposed the installation of a three-tonne artificial Shivling near Om Parvat, stating that it violated their tradition of nature worship. About Rung Community The Rung (Rang or Shauka) community is an indigenous trans-Himalayan tribal community that follows nature worship and has a distinct Himalayan cultural identity. Distribution: The community lives in the&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/rung-community\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rung Community<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11209,11212,12039],"tags":[11872],"class_list":["post-366640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-geography-in-news","category-history-and-art-culture-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\/366640","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\/10401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=366640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/366640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=366640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=366640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=366640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}