Adivasi: The Indigenous People of India

Adivasi is a term employed for the aboriginal people of India. The Adivasis are living in India for thousands of years and they consist of a substantial minority group in Indian population. In fact, the sub groups from this minority live in several states of India. Like several of the indigenous people of the world, the Adivasi men and women have also suffered from a lot of difficulties and the most prominent of these is their ecological destruction in the name of modernization. Geographically the Adivasi individuals reside in the remote hilly and forest regions where they largely rely upon the primitive agriculture where they are far from the modern day technology. Even though most of the Adivasi individuals have adopted Christianity and Hinduism, nonetheless they have a lot of other religions. They are recognized for their distinctive languages, cultures and customs. The Adivasi men and women have hardly ever observed in contacting with other cultures and individuals. The Indian government has further classified the Adivasi folks in the Scheduled Tribe Groups collectively with the Scheduled Castes groups. There are some amazing photographs of some indigenous Indian”Adivasi” individuals who belong to some noteworthy Scheduled Tribes

1- A lady from Kuki Tribe ( Nagaland )

A Sangtam woman ( Kuki Tribe ) Image: Linda De Volder

two- A lady from Apatani Tribe ( Arunachal Pradesh )

An Apatani Woman from Arunashal Pradesh,India ( Image: Miguel Angel )

three- A Gondi Man from Madhya Pradesh, India 

A Gondi Indian prepared to execute Kaksar Dance ( Image: Aath )

4- A Bhil Tribe Woman of India 

A beautiful Bhil Tribe lady of India ( Image : Sanzen )

five- An experienced archer from Khasi Tribe of India

An experienced Khasi archer of India ( Image: Anoop Negi )

six- Boys from Nagaland, India ( Naga Tribe )

Naga youth in a conventional tribal attaire at a cultural gathering. Image: E R

7- A Saharia Lady Dancer of India

A Saharia Woman dancing the classic Swang Dance ( Image: Ramesh Lalwani )

eight- A Bonda woman from Orissa, India

A woman from Bonda tribe, Orissa, India ( Image: Ingetje Tadros )

9- A Maldhari woman of Gujarat, India

A common Maldhari Lady of Gujarat, India ( Image: Abhishek Prabhu )

ten- Mizo men and women of Mizoram, India

Gorgeous Mizo men and women from Mizoram India, Image by Angela Coles