INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CREATION MYTH

The Oraons are important indigenous peoples of Central tribal zone of India. They have rich cultural heritage in their oral possession today. The Jesuit(SJ) missionaries, cultural anthropologists, sociologists, folklorists, culture & art historians have contributed enormously for the research, preservation, promotion and innovation of their rich cultural heritage which is much ignored by the Government and at risk of vanishing today.

One of the Oraon Myth of Genesis of man goes like this:

O God, just Lord !
You are above, I am below.
I am neither deonra nor jhupa, neither ojha nor baid,
Let Mangara's house, store-house, property, wealth, cultivation
Get plenty of blessigs on the children, son and daughters.
Let there be plenty of grain in the house,
Let there be increase of cattle in the stable,
O Dharma (God), you are above, I am belove
I am offering to you eggs and rice
In this there is either white (fowl) or black or copper coloured....

Website Development Indore