Tribal Trails

Tribes Nurturing our heritage, shaping our destiny.

Bhil Tribe

The Bhil tribe is one of India's largest tribes, inhabiting mainly Rajasthan, Gujarat, and Madhya Pradesh. They have a rich cultural heritage, practice agriculture, and face socio-economic challenges.

Gond Tribe

The Gond tribe is a large indigenous community in central and western India, known for their Gondi language and artwork. Gond artwork is a vibrant tribal art known for its intricate patterns, nature-inspired themes, cultural significance, and economic empowerment of artists

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13 Aug

Distribution of Tribes in Madhya Pradesh

Madhya Pradesh is an ethnically heterogeneous State, embracing as many as seven major and a few minor tribes of mainly Hindu, Christian and Muslim faiths. These are mainly the Bhil, Baiga, Gond, Saharia, Agaria, Ahir, Dhoba, Korku, Kol and Muslim. Tribe-wise distributionAfter the division of Chattisgarh from Madhya Pradesh, culturally and geographically the scheduled tribe (ST) population of the latter…

5 Jul

Cultural and Social Fabric of the Tribes of Madhya Pradesh

Baigas Baigas are the acknowledged superiors of the other tribes, they are their priests and authority on all points of religious and temporal observances. Giving a detailed account of the Baigas, Sir G.Grierson* states in his treatise The Tribes and Castes ofCentral Provinces, that “the language of the Baigas of Mandla and Balaghat is a form of Chhattisgarhi which clearly…

30 Jun

The Enduring Legacy of Stone Sculpture in Indian Tribal Art

Stone Sculpture is an important constituent of Indian tribal art. Stone sculpture is symbolic andhas been given a different meaning by the Indian tribes. The combination of form and contenthas given this traditional representational art an emotional value and a pure formal aestheticeffect. It is completely different to the classical stone sculpture of South India that representsfigures of popular Indian…