Gond Tribals

Part of: GS Prelims and GS-II- Governance

While people are struggling for masks and sanitisers in the urban areas, Gond tribal people living in Panna, Madhya Pradesh have devised their own way to make masks to fight coronavirus.
Tribal people are making masks with medicinal leaves and following traditional ways to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

Gond Tribe

Gonds are one of the largest tribal groups in the world.
They mostly live in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha.
Gonds are subdivided into four tribes:
- Raj Gonds
- Madia Gonds
- Dhurve Gonds
- Khatulwar Gonds
Their staple food is two kinds of millet: Kodo and kutki.
- Rice is mostly consumed during festival feasts.
Gonds believe that earth, water and air are ruled by Gods.
They majorly speak Gondi which is an unwritten language of the Dravidian family.
It has been notified as a Scheduled Tribe.

Refer: https://www.aspireias.com/current-affairs/Tribal-rituals-for-lockdown/28-03-2020

Source: TH

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