Hatti Tribe

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“Boda Tyohar”, the biggest annual festival of the Hati tribe in Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmour and celebrated by over three lakh community members, recently commenced with traditional fervour.

About Hatti Tribe

• The Hattis are a close-knit community who take their name from their age-old professional practice of selling their homegrown crops at small markets called ‘Haat’ in nearby cities.
• Hatti men traditionally don distinctive white headgear on ceremonial occasions.
• These tribal people reside in the Himachal-Uttarakhand border in the basin of the Giri and Tons rivers, both tributaries of the Yamuna.
• There are two main Hatti clans: one in the Trans-Giri area of the Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh and the other in Jaunsar Bawar of Uttarakhand.
• The two Hatti clans have similar traditions, and intermarriages are common.
• Jodidara is a traditional form of polyandrous marriage practised among the Hatti tribe in Himachal Pradesh, where a woman marries two or more brothers.
  • Polyandry is legally recognised in Himachal Pradesh under revenue laws.
• Harris is governed by a traditional council called ‘khumbli’ which decides community matters.
• Economy: The Hatti population relies on agriculture for livelihood and bare subsistence since their climate is ideal for growing “Cash Crops.”
• Population: According to the 2011 census, members of the community numbered 2.5 lakh, but at present the population of the Hattis is estimated at around 3 lakhs.
• In 2023, the Indian government granted Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to the Hatti community in Himachal Pradesh.
• The Jaunsar-Bawar region of Uttarakhand was granted tribal status in 1967.
• Boda Tyohar, also called Magho ko Tyohar, is the biggest annual festival of the Hatti tribe.

Source: HT

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