Mathias Bhuriya a Bhil was born in a tribal family of Bhuriya clan in the village of Gopalpura near Kalyanpura some 25 km away from Jhabua the district head quarter. He had his early education up to 5th class in his own village, middle school education in Thandla the tehsil and higher secondary school education in Mhow (Indore) and his graduation in Nagpur in the state of Maharashtra in a College called St. Francis de Sales College affiliated to Nagpur University. Later he had training in the Systematic Sociology in the Dev Ahilya University, Indore and then training in Cultural anthropology in the University of Mumbai later her has conducted extensive field work in the culture of the tribal in India especially in the Oral Tradition of the Bhils under a universally renowned Cultural Anthropologist of India named Dr. Stephen Fuchs SVD , then founder and Director of the Institute of Indian Culture, Mumbai. Later he was trained as a tribal author, poet, folklorist etc by Dr. Neminchand Jain a renowned Hindi scholar, Bhil scholar, critic and editor in the University of Indore. Guided by these scholars Mathias Bhuriya contributed extensively for the tribal culture, of India especially about the tribes of Western India. The important books and booklets that he wrote are following:
The Nature of Bhil Folk-Songs, Hira-Bhaiya Publications, Indore, 1977
Bhili Chetna Geet, Hira- Bhaiya Publications, Indore, 1977, 1978
Folk-Songs of the Bhils, Mahipal Publications, Indore, 1980
Bhili Vedna Geet, Hira-Bhaiya Publications, Indore, 1982
Premyogi, a novel, Satprakashan, Indore, 1983
Anthropology as a Historical Science : Essays in Honor of Stephen Fuchs SVD, Satprakashan, 1984
Gavran a novel on the life of a Bhil woman, Hira-Bhaiya Prakashan, Indore, 1996
Eklavya, edited, Prose and poetry on tribals of India, Shabri Kala Mandal, Jhabua, 2006
Adivasikaran(Eng.) First Ed., Mahipal Publications, Jhabua, 2006
Adivasikaran(Hindi) Shabri Kala Mandal, Jhabua, 2007
Adivasikaran(Eng. 2nd ed.), Mahipal Publications, Meghnagar, 2008
Premyogi, Poetry, audio, cassettes, vol I – V, 1983.
Veeh Bhed, Poetry in Bhili singing, 2006,
Daru Nan Geet, Poetry in Bhili singing, 2006
Bhil Vajan na Sala (rythme of Bhil drums), 2006
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