Korku Tribe

Korku Tribe Latest News

Recently, the indigenous Korku community of Madhya Pradesh have demanded the forest department and district administration to remove encroachments from forest lands.  

About Korku Tribe

• The Korkus belong to the Munda or Kolarian group. 
• The Korku are mostly found in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, and adjoining Melghat region of Maharashtra.
• Language: A few groups have been more successful in preserving their language, especially the Potharia Korku (from the Vindhya mountains).
  • Korku is one of the 196 languages termed endangered by UNESCO.
• Culture and Society

• • The traditional healing methods are still widely practiced by this tribe and they regard their dead as Gods.
  • To commemorate the dead, they install a memorial pillar, which is called Munda.
  • Dance: They perform a traditional Korku dance called Gadli.
    • In this dance Men wear white costumes and pagdis, while womenfolk wear red, yellow, green and blue kinari sarees with minimal jewellery.
    • The women also have an instrument called Chitkola that they use while performing.
• Korku women are fond of tattoos. The two dots above and below the letter S on the forehead are called ‘Kapar-Godai’.
• Economy: The Korku are primarily cultivators.
• Self-Governance: The Korku tribe has a long-standing system of self-governance.
  • This traditional form of self-governance in the community solves all problems. ‘Chavadi Swashasan‘ is the term for Korku’s traditional form of self-governance. 

Source: DTE

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