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    Evangelism: Controversies on Continuity of Indigeneity “Those who are not practicing the traditional Santali rituals‚ not observing baha (spring festival) and sohrea (harvest festival)‚ they are not anymore Santals. They are Christians” said Silis Murmu‚ one of the village community members of Situngtola village who is following the traditional Santali religion. “There are no Adivasi (indigenous) people anymore‚ once they were Adivasi. All are now Christian” commented by Muslemuddin‚ one of the

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    dependent on haunting ‚ agriculture and fishing. Some of the major tribal groups in India include Gonds‚ Santhals‚ Khasis‚ Angamis‚ Bhils‚ Bhutias and Great Andamanese. All these tribal people have their own culture‚ tradition‚ language and lifestyle. This enables the tourist to get an insight into many different cultures at the same time on the tribal tour to India. Santhal tribes Santhals are the third largest tribe in India. They are mostly found in the states of West Bengal‚ Bihar‚ Orissa‚

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    from 38.08 lakh in 1991 to 51.23 lakh in 2001 (Census of India 2001). This “Scheduled Tribe” populace comprise of ethnic groups of the Mundas‚ Hos‚ Bhils‚ Kols‚ Santhals etc. of which‚ Santhals are the largest community in India found mainly in the states of West Bengal‚ Bihar‚ Jharkhand‚ Orissa and Assam. The total population of Santhals is around 6‚156‚260 of which a significant population of 2‚410‚509 is found in West Bengal. The majority of the members of the “Scheduled Tribes” population are

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    Exploring Off Archives Explor ing Of f icial Ar c hiv es In this chapter you will see what colonial rule meant to those who lived in the countryside. You will meet the zamindars of Bengal‚ travel to the Rajmahal hills where the Paharias and the Santhals lived‚ and then move west to the Deccan. You will look at the way the English East India Company (E.I.C.) established its raj in the countryside‚ implemented its revenue policies‚ what these policies meant to different sections of people‚ and how

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    birds or any nature related object which are often found in Chotanagpur region. * The Santhal (also spelled as Santal (formerly also spelt as Sontal or Sonthal))‚ are the largest tribal community in India‚ who live mainly in the states of Jharkhand‚ West Bengal‚ Bihar‚ Odisha‚ and Assam. There is also a significant Santhal minority in neighboring Bangladesh‚ and a small population in Nepal. The Santhals belong to the Proto-Australoid group‚ and may have arrived in India soon after the Negritos

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    Indian Tribal Music Indian tribal music is considered to be a version of house music. The music is mostly accompanied by drum-beats‚ with no presence of specific melody. During an ongoing performance‚ there exists no prolonged synth sound in such music. Due to the Indian variation being of much rugged origin‚ the instruments utilised are not as refined as the ones used in classical music. Tribal musical instruments are generally manufactured by the musicians themselves‚ making use of materials

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    Kanu Sanyal and Jangal Santhal initiated a violent uprising in 1967. On May 18‚ 1967‚ the Siliguri Kishan Sabha‚ of which Jangal was the president‚ declared their readiness to adopt armed struggle to redistribute land to the landless.[11] The following week‚ a sharecropper near Naxalbari village was attacked by the landlord’s men over a land dispute. On May 24‚ when a police team arrived to arrest the peasant leaders‚ they were ambushed by a group of tribals led by Jangal Santhal‚ and a police inspector

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    Ethnic Conflict in North East India--- in light of ‘Ratna Bharali Talukdar’s “JEREI HAGRAMAYA GAWO” Bharadwaj Gogoi Asst. Prof. Dept. of English North Bank College‚ Ghilamara INTRODUCTION:- Jerei Hagramaya Gawo which literally means “the way forest weeps” is a noteworthy novel by Ratna Bharali Talukdar whose central theme is based on the ethnic conflicts prevailing in North East India. Though the novel is published in October 2012‚ the

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    where in danger due to intrusion of external people affecting the social‚ political and geo-economical position of the tribes. There were about seventy tribal movements from 1778 to 1947. Some of the major tribal movements were Jharkhand movement‚ Santhal rebellion (1855-57)‚ khasi uprising‚ kuki uprising‚ birsa munda movement‚ (1895-1900)‚ Tana bhagat movement (1915-1920). The present state – Jharkhand Jharkhand is a state in eastern India. The name Jharkhand means “the Land of Forests”. It has

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    Witch hunting in Adivasi Society (Special Reference to North Bengal) Malay saha‚ research scholar‚department of history North Bengal University Adivasi is an umbrella term for a heterogeneous set of ethnic and tribal groups believed to be the aboriginal population of India. They comprise a substantial indigenous minority of the population of India.

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