{"id":18824,"date":"2025-09-10T11:27:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T05:57:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=18824"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:05:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:35:15","slug":"bhil-tribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bhil-tribe\/","title":{"rendered":"Bhil Tribe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Bhil Tribe Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A translated collection of folk tales of the Bhil tribe in Madhya Pradesh will be made available on the Ministry of Tribal Affairs\u2019 Adi Vaani website and the app.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Bhil Tribe<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bhils are considered as <\/span><b>one of the oldest tribes in India and <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">identified as one of the <\/span><b>Dravidian racial tribes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of Western India and belong to the <\/span><b>Australoid group of tribes.<\/b><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are the <\/span><b>most widely<\/b> <b>distributed tribal groups in India.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The name \u2018Bhil\u2019 is derived from the <\/span><b>word villu or billu,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which according to the Dravidian language is known as Bow.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Occupation:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Nearly all of the <\/span><b>Bhil engage in agriculture,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> some using the slash-and-burn (jhum) method but most employing the plow.<\/span><\/li>\n<li aria-level=\"1\"><b>Language:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They <\/span><b>speak Bhili <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(blend of Gujarati and Marathi), which is an Indo Aryan language.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Distribution of Bhil Tribe<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are mainly divided into two main groups: the central and eastern or Rajput Bhils.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>central Bhils <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">are found in the mountain regions in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Gujarat and Rajasthan.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bhils are also found in the <\/span><b>north eastern parts of Tripura.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Beliefs and Customs of Bhil Tribe<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Almost all Bhils practice ethnic religions that have been highly influenced by Hinduism.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Most of them worship local deities like <\/span><b>Khandoba, Kanhoba, Bahiroba<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and Sitalmata. Some worship the <\/span><b>Tiger God called \u2018vaghdev\u2019.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Main festivals:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The Baneshwar fair is the main festival celebrated among the Bhils. This fair is held during the period of Shivratri and is dedicated to <\/span><b>Baneshwar Mahadev<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also known as Lord Shiva.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source:<\/b> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/governments-brings-out-translated-collection-of-bhil-folk-tales\/article70016245.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">TH<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bhils are considered as one of the oldest tribes in India. 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