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What Is The Origin Of The Subcontinent?
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The subcontinent has been the center of different types of cultures and traditions since a long time, this area has a vast and colourful array of people who originate from different tribes and cultural heritage. The origin of the Chenchus tribe from India, is connected with the Lord Mallikarjuna of the Srisailam temple, who was the personification of Lord Shiva. There was a couple who lived in a small hut near the Srisailam temple. This couple lived happily but there was an empty space between them because they had no children, the woman could not reproduce. There was nothing they hadn’t done to change the fact that the woman couldn’t reproduce. They prayed but none of their prayers were answered. One day both the wife and husband went
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They are one of the hunting and grabbing tribes in India, they live by hunting, and they sell the meat in markets to make money. They travel in groups to gather wild fruits, edible roots, honey green leaves and tubers and sell it to the traders and government cooperatives to make good amount of money. These people make cups and plates from tobacco leaves, mahua flowers, tamarind and sell them in the local market, people buy these plates and cups they demand for it and so the people make money. Chenchus people love smoking and they make tobacco cigarettes themselves and they sometimes use mahua flowers to make liquor. Honey is most favourite amongst these people. Because these people want to conserve wildlife they only hunt small animals like lizards and rabbits. They only possess bow arrows and small …show more content…
Some people even collect rice from each other’s house and play with colours. On the first day of Peddala Amavasya (festival) which is called the Boddemma festival, the Chenchus worship their ancestors and offer them sweets and other items after that in the evenings they sing various folk songs and enjoy themselves.
The Chenchus conduct rituals from birth to death, beginning with birth rituals, tonsuring, puberty for women, marriage and death rituals. (Ivanov 2011) when the woman gives birth to the child she rests at home for 9 days and her mother takes her care. Chenchus call this purudu. And the birth to death rituals continue from name giving ceremony, tonsure, puberty, marriage and then the death

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