Dipawali Celebrated in Tribal Style

Festival Of Dipawali

As such the festival of Dipawali is of Hindus but a vast majority of tribals by religion not Hindus, but celebrated Dipawali in their own way by colouring Adivasi cattles, Adivasi huts and houses. Drinking alcohol, Gohari festival meaning running over of cows over the cow herdsmen etc are special features of it.

Tribal Migration & Starvation

Tribal Migration and Starvation

As the monsoons have failed this last season a large number of tribals from all over india have been making mass exodus to nearest metaropolitan and cosmopolitan towns & cities from all over India. While most relief works and employment guarantee programmes remain ineffective and unavailable tribals especially who are 65% and above are below poverty line (BPL) suffer from hunger and various types of diseases leading in the directions of biological annihilation. In the tribal district all over india in rural sectors even the manual work jobs which can be done or should be done by tribal labourers are being done by Central Government and state government contractors through heavy machines. A great deal of breach in Human Rights of Indigenous Peoples in India vastly ignored by NGOs including Central and state Governments in these tribal areas.

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First Time Tribals Trained as Hindu Priests

Tribal Trained

As such today the social scene of India proves that out of total Indian population 85% are original Indian indigenous among whom Hinduism is directly imposed through various means. Even though in many parts of India tribals have accepted Hinduism through the intervention of princely states, Hindu and Jain monks and priests, Indian administration and government workers the tribal who are considered ritually impure are first time given priest’s jobs in a South Indian state of India called Kerala in the civil districts of the Kozhikode and Wayanad after a training. The programme was initiated by the Kerala Kshetra Samrakshana Samity (KSS).

Tribal Bead Ornaments

Tribal Bead Ornaments

The Bhils, Bhilalas, Barelias, Patelias and Rathias of western India are experts in making bead ornaments. The states of Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra where these tribals are residing who have no programmes for effective marketing in terms of income and promotion of tribal culture and their artifacts. The next issue of tribal news week shall display on this website some specimen of these bead ornaments.

Tribal Weekly in Tribal Language: BHILI

Bhils of Jhabua

Bhilvani a tribal weekly edited and published by Mathias Bhuriya in BHILI the language of the Bhils, is one of the largest weekly new magazine tribal groups of India . It is published on every saturday for the Bhils of four adjoining states called M.P., Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra a Bhill region called popularly in this region by media persons BHILANCHAL. The news weekly BHILVANI is read and enjoyed by all the tribal communities in Western India.

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The tribal Customary Laws of Marriage and Police

Tribal Customary Laws

The tribals are the largest or one of the largest tribal peoples among the indian peoples of Indian sub continent. From the time immemorial they have customary laws which are governing the law and order situation in their ethic groups. Besides the marriage customary laws there are many more laws relating their day today social and cultural life. The Government of India too in the 5th and the 6th Schedule of the Constitution of the country provide several provisions safeguarding the indigenous peoples rights and directions to uphold them. But in the tribal Districts of india we can see several police cases harassing the tribal in the cases of elopement, abductions and settlement of marriages disputes in the police stations and courts. Due to this victimization the poor indigenous tribal who are mostly below poverty line have to pay off huge sums of the money to the police and court proceedings leaving them poor and impoverished as ever .

The customary tribal laws are not only for the marriage but in may more areas of social life should be respected. It will stop millions and millions of rupees from the tribe including in all the civil district going to the non tribal society leaving the former poor as ever.

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Conference on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

A conference was organized by Asian Indigenous & Tribal Peoples Network (AITPN) in New Delhi on the subject called National Institutions on the Rights of Indigenous People, on 18th and 19th of October 2008. It was attended by the Representatives of the Asian Countries who numbered around 40.

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In this conference the key note address was given by Prof. James Anaya who is a special Rapporteur on the situation of Human Rights and fundamental freedoms of the Indigenous Peoples of UNO. The welcome address was given by Suhas Chakma on behalf of the organizers. Among the special speakers were Mr. Eugenio A. Insigne, Chairperson, National Commission for Indigenous Peoples(NCIP), Philippines on the working of the NCIP, Mr. Arjune Limbu, Member of the National Foundation for the Development of Indigenous Nationalities, Nepal. Among the other delegates there were several representatives from Nepal, Burma, Bangla Desh, Philippines, etc.

The conference members comprised of many specialists especially from the side of law and expressed grave concerns for the maintenance and revival of the customary laws of indigenous peoples owing to which the indigenous peoples suffer in the hands of Police, courts and other peoples. In this context several incidences were cited of the customary laws where indigenous people suffered as victims in the hands of administration. A more vital and broader forum of specialists are invited for the discussion of the topic in the context of national laws, finding way and solution to provide relief and solutions in solving out the indigenous legal issues.

The two day conference ended with strong notes in looking into the matters related to the customary laws and humans rights issues in Asian countries affecting indigenous peoples.

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