Gond|Central Indian Tribal Belt
The Gond tribe number in excess of 11 million and are spread over Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Western Odisha, outlining the Indian Tribal Belt.
Like the Birhor tribe, the Gonds also revere animal or plant-based totems. They speak Gondi (a language similar to Telugu) and Indo-Aryan languages including Hindi. Unfortunately, they have often found themselves at the receiving end of the Naxalite-Maoist insurgency, even being made into a militia by the infamous Salwa Judum.
Traditionally, the Gond people have derived their livelihood as settled small-landholders, cultivating many varieties of rice among other crops. The majority of Gonds live in and around forest areas and continue to depend on non-timber forest resources for food, medicine and fuelwood for cooking.
The Landing Together team visited Gond families in Chhattisgarh, where they were adversely affected by the rampant coal mining in the region. Having no legal recognition to traditional communal forest rights, they are struggling to safeguard their ecological surroundings as well as their land and forest based livelihoods.
The Gond tribe number in excess of 11 million and are spread over Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Western Odisha, outlining the Indian Tribal Belt.
Like the Birhor tribe, the Gonds also revere animal or plant-based totems. They speak Gondi (a language similar to Telugu) and Indo-Aryan languages including Hindi. Unfortunately, they have often found themselves at the receiving end of the Naxalite-Maoist insurgency, even being made into a militia by the infamous Salwa Judum.
Traditionally, the Gond people have derived their livelihood as settled small-landholders, cultivating many varieties of rice among other crops. The majority of Gonds live in and around forest areas and continue to depend on non-timber forest resources for food, medicine and fuelwood for cooking.
The Landing Together team visited Gond families in Chhattisgarh, where they were adversely affected by the rampant coal mining in the region. Having no legal recognition to traditional communal forest rights, they are struggling to safeguard their ecological surroundings as well as their land and forest based livelihoods.
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