Abujhmadiya Tribe

Abujhmadiya Tribe 

Sub-group of: Gond tribe

Region: Abujhmarh (Narayanpur, Bijapur, Dantewada – Chhattisgarh)

Status: PVTG

Language: Madi (Gondi dialect)

Ethnicity: Pre-Dravidian / Proto-Australoid

Worship: Budhadeva, Thakur Dev, Budhimai, Lingopen + nature worship

Festivals: Pola, Kaksar, Pandum

Dance: Kaksar, Gedi, Rilo

Art: Godana (tattooing)

Music: Drums, flutes; Dadriya, Relogeet, Poojageet

Society: Patriarchal; clan-based; Manjhi as traditional head