Gond tribe

Instructor: Daniela English Dani is a PhD student, and has taught college English & tutored in multiple subjects for over three years. They have an MA in English Composition & Pedagogy and a BA in Women's Studies, Religious Studies, & Sociology, both from the University of Massachusetts Boston. They also have received awards for their academic research and teaching. Habla español & Gaeilge acu. The origins of the Gond people are uncertain. Scholars believe they likely arrived in India around 2000 BCE, before other people groups, such as the Aryans and Dravidians. They then finally settled in the Gondwana, or Gondaranya, region of India in the 9th–13th century CE. According to Gond oral tradition, it was in 870 that the first ruler, called a raja, (Sanskrit: राजन्) of a Gond kingdom, Bhim Ballal Singh, began his reign in Sirpur. However, scholars disagree, instead providing 1240 as the starting year of his rule and the subsequent Chanda dynasty. In the 13th and 14th century, Muslim writers in the region began to note the rising power of the Gond people. At their height of power, the Gondi people ruled in four kingdoms: Garha-Mandla, Deogarh, Chanda, and Kherla. This portrait of Garha-Mandla leader Rani Durgavati was painted in the 17th century, years following her death. The most famous of Gond's pre-colonial rulers is Rani Durgavati (1524–1564) of the Garha-Mandla Kingdom. Her husband, Dalpatshah, was a Gond raja, but upon his death in 1550, with their son s...

Gond Art is a delightful depiction of tribal life and the bond humans share with nature. Indian Tribal arts is known all over the world as the most lively form of artwork that liberally focuses on nature and rural life. Gond Art is one of the most beautiful tribal art forms of India that expresses the human association with nature in the best form. Gond tribe originated in Madhya Pradesh, and the term “Kond,” which means “green mountain”, is the source of its name. Even though the Gond tribe is thought to have originated in Madhya Pradesh, its art is equally well-known in places like Andhra Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, and Odisha. The Indian government has taken a number of actions to protect the Gond tribe’s artistic heritage. These steps are being taken for the future generation’s aesthetic fulfilment as well as to economically strengthen the artisans. Paintings and other expressive art forms are common and customary among the Gond people. The Gond tribe created paintings and carvings on the walls of caves that date back more than 1400 years, many of which are from the Mesolithic Period. The Gonds thought that looking at lucky pictures gave them good fortune. As a result, they typically painted designs, tattoos, and pictures on the walls and floors of their homes. Additionally, they used paintings to preserve and disseminate historical knowledge and lessons. The Pardhan Gonds are renowned for their paintings and singing and are very accomplished artists. Urban and...

The Gond are a tribal people of central The majority of Gond people speak dialects of Gondi, an unwritten language of the Dravidian language family. Some Gond have lost their own language and speak Hindi, Marathi, or Telugu, depending on which is dominant in their area. The religion of the Gond tribes centers on clan and village gods, together with ancestor worship. Most Gond are engaged in agriculture, growing crops such as grains and lentils and raising cattle. Some Gond also gather wild plants to eat. Traditionally, most Gond used a method of farming called slash-and-burn agriculture, a type of There are various tribes of Gond people, and there is no cultural uniformity among them. The Raj Gond claim descent from people who held power in large Gond kingdoms during medieval times. They had an elaborate political and social system that has been compared to The highlands of Bastar in Madhya Pradesh are home to three important Gond tribes: the Muria, the Bihsonhorn Maria, and the Hill Maria. The Hill Maria live in the rugged Abujhmar Hills. The Bisonhorn Maria live in less hilly country. They are named after the headdresses they wear for their bison-horn dance. The Muria are known for their youth dormitories, or ghotul. Unmarried young men and women lead a highly organized social life in these dormitories. Historically, the homeland of the Gond was a vast region of central India called Gondwana. The Gond are believed to have migrated there from southern India, perhaps in th...

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Posted Date: 10 Sep 2013 |Updated: 07-Apr-2021 | Category: | Author: Saishta Parveen | Member Level: |Points: | This article is all about Gond tribe. In this article origin of the name, its sub caste, main dance, main Gods, main festivals, methods of marriage, Physical appearance, social formation, occupation etc. has been discussed. In Madhya Pradesh Gond tribe is found in majority. Gond population is in majority even in India. Gond tribe is considered to be culturally very rich and is more organized and effective when we compare it with other tribe. The word "Gond" has came from a Telgu word "Kode" which means mountain. Due to the reason that Gond tribe prefer to live in mountain areas that's why this name is given to them. Generally Gond tribe is found on the both banks of River Narmada in MP but it is also found in few other district like Baitul, Hoshangabad, Chhindwara, Balaghat, Shahdol, Mandla, Sagar, Damoh etc.. SUB CASTES: Gond tribe has many sub castes and they are: • Pardhan • Agariya • Ojha • Nagarchi • Solhal • Koila Bhooti PHYSICAL APPEARANCE: Gond peoples are generally physically strong, have flat face, broad forehead, nose slightly flat and have broad nostrils. SOCIAL FORMATION: Gond tribe use to follow the father culture. They don't believe in joint families. Gond people are very strict regarding their social customs and do not like any change in it. Marriage within the same Gotriya is not acceptable in gond tribe but they use to marry among near relatives...

Painting By Jangarh Singh Shyam – The Gond tribe has its origin in The Rich History of Gond Art Muria people a part of Gondi Tribe – Amongst the Gond people, painting and other forms of expressive art are a popular and traditional practice. Dating back to more than 1400 years ago, the Gond tribe has painted and carved art on the walls of caves which all belong to the Mesolithic Period. The Gonds believe that viewing good images brought in good luck. Thus, traditionally, they painted motifs, tattoos, and images on the floors and walls of their houses. Their paintings are also a means to record and pass on historical knowledge and teachings. The Pardhan Gonds are extremely skilled artists who are renowned for their paintings and music. In the 1980s, the director of the Bharat Bhavan Museum in Bhopal, J. Swaminathan wanted to exhibit urban and The Natural Themes of Gond Art Image – The Gond people believe that every element of nature, be it the hills, the sky or the trees, is inhabited by a spirit. Recreating the forms of nature therefore is done with reverence and worship of their sacred essence. These paintings serve as examples of the Gond tribe’s close connection to the spirit of nature. Gond paintings take inspiration from the myths and legends of India. They also depict scenes from the contemporary life of the people. A detailed narrative portrays abstract concepts encompassing emotions, dreams, and imaginative constructs. Since many of the Pardhan Gonds are accomplishe...

Reena* was a teenager when she became inspired by the speeches of a Maoist leader who lived in her small hamlet in Abujmad, located in the Narayanpur district of the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. It was the late 1990s and the leader spoke of equality and women’s rights. A new pride in being Gondi – one of the largest Indigenous groups in India – consumed her as she listened to rousing speeches about how the Gond tribe were equal to other cultures; not inferior to them as she had come to believe during her school days. The Naxalite-Maoist movement, which was sweeping across the region at the time and which remains a strong force today, gave her a sense of purpose and identity. Reena had seen what she believed was the slow annihilation of her culture, along with the Gond belief system of Koya Punem. Until then, she had been ignorant of the strength and symbols of her people – Jal, Jangal, Jameen (water, forest, land). “Since childhood, I was not conscious of our tribal identity,” says Reena. “l studied in a school where we learned about the Hindu religion and Hindu way of life. We had begun feeling that the practices of our own religion were not relevant any more. There was also a belief that tribal culture is that of ‘demons’ and, therefore, inferior.” She became a part of the Maoist group in 1999, at the age of 14. She lived with her comrades, moving around different villages in the forests of the Bastar region for another 14 years, sharing the food that local comm...

The Gond comprise the largest tribal group of India with a population exceeding 12 million. Linguistically, the Gond belong to the Gondi–Manda subgroup of the South Central branch of the Dravidian language family. Ethnographers, anthropologists and linguists entertain mutually incompatible hypotheses on their origin. Genetic studies of these people have thus far suffered from the low resolution of the genetic data or the limited number of samples. Therefore, to gain a more comprehensive view on ancient ancestry and genetic affinities of the Gond with the neighbouring populations speaking Indo-European, Dravidian and Austroasiatic languages, we have studied four geographically distinct groups of Gond using high-resolution data. All the Gond groups share a common ancestry with a certain degree of isolation and differentiation. Our allele frequency and haplotype-based analyses reveal that the Gond share substantial genetic ancestry with the Indian Austroasiatic (ie, Munda) groups, rather than with the other Dravidian groups to whom they are most closely related linguistically. The linguistic landscape of India is composed of four major language families and a number of language isolates and is largely associated with non-overlapping geographical divisions. The majority of the populations speak Indo-European languages, which cover a large geographical area including northern and western India. The geographical distribution of languages in India is largely non-overlapping. Hoch...

Gonds refer to a group of aboriginal peoples, officially designated as Scheduled Tribes of central and south-central India, with a population of about two million in number. They live mostly in the states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, and Odisha. The majority of the Gonds spoke in various languages, but mostly in dialects of Gondi, an not scripted language of the Dravidian family. Gonds are subdivided into four tribes: • Raj Gonds • Madia Gonds • Dhurve Gonds • Khatulwar Gonds Gond Tribe of India History of the Gond Tribe Of India One of the earliest kingdoms of the Gonds was Chanda, founded in 1200, and the first defined revenue system was introduced in the Kingdom of Chanda. An extensive irrigation system was developed by the Kingdom of Chanda. They started building forts. The previous Kalachuri rulers had been deposed by Jaduri in the 14th century and came to establish the Kingdom of Garha, and Rani Durgavati is one of the most famous warrior queens of Garha Mandla. The Gond kingdoms came under the sway of the In the early 1920s, Komaram Bheem, a Gond leader from Adilabad, rebelled against the Nizam and sought a separate Gond raj and coined the slogan, “Jal, Jangal, Jamee.” In 1916, Gondi intellectuals from various parts of Gondwana formed Gond Mahasabha to protect the culture of Gondi from the influence of outside forces. In the 1990s, Heera Singh Markam and Kausalya Porte founded Gondwana Ganatantra Party to fight for their statehoo...