{"id":133062,"date":"2026-11-14T13:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-11-14T07:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=133062"},"modified":"2026-11-14T14:46:59","modified_gmt":"2026-11-14T09:16:59","slug":"kurumba-tribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/kurumba-tribe\/","title":{"rendered":"Kurumba Tribe: Migration Threatens the Survival of Its Indigenous Language"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Kurumba Tribe Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, it was observed that increased migration among the Kurumbas is one of the factors that poses a threat to the survival of the Kurumba language.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Kurumba Tribe<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They reside in the <\/span><b>hilly forest<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> regions of <\/span><b>Attappady in Palakkad district of Kerala.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These people are also found in the Cardamom and N\u012blgiri hills, west-central <\/span><b>Tamil Nadu.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have been classified as a <\/span><b><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/particularly-vulnerable-tribal-groups-pvtgs\/\" target=\"_blank\">Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG)<\/a>.<\/b><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Society<\/b>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Belief System:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They consider the <\/span><b>forest as their mother<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Thy worship the earth, mountains, nature and rivers.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kurumbas are <\/span><b>polytheists.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They pray to their gods and <\/span><b>ancestors in all tribal ceremonies<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They represent their <\/span><b>deities by wooden or stone sculptures<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> placed in small huts called <\/span><b>\u2018Kaavu\u2019 (temples).<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They <\/span><b>speak Kurumba<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, an oral language <\/span><b>without a script.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Diet:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Kurumbas consume a diet based on <\/span><b>forest produce, millets, and locally grown vegetables.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><b>Occupation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The primary occupations of the Kurumba Tribe <\/span><b>span traditional forest-based livelihoods<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and modern shifting labor due to conservation restrictions.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/kerala\/kurumba-a-language-and-community-fighting-for-visibility\/article71695235.ece\/amp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kurumba Tribe reside in the hilly forest regions of Attappady in Palakkad district of Kerala. 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