{"id":22356,"date":"2025-05-08T10:31:17","date_gmt":"2025-05-08T05:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=22356"},"modified":"2025-05-27T13:27:59","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T07:57:59","slug":"jenu-kuruba-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/jenu-kuruba-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Jenu Kuruba Tribe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Jenu Kuruba Tribe Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>Jenu Kuruba families recently began their long-awaited re-occupation of their ancestral homes inside the Nagarhole National Park.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: 35px; font-style: inherit;\">About Jenu Kuruba Tribe<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Jenu Kuruba is recognized as a\u00a0<strong>Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG)<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>primarily found in<\/strong>\u00a0the Kodagu and Mysore districts of\u00a0<strong>Karnataka<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The name &#8220;Jenu Kuruba&#8221; originates from Kannada, where\u00a0<strong>&#8220;jenu&#8221; means honey.<\/strong>\u00a0This name reflects their\u00a0<strong>traditional occupation of honey collection<\/strong>, gathering food, and managing forest produce.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>The Jenu Kuruba community&#8217;s<strong>\u00a0primary sources of income<\/strong>\u00a0have historically been\u00a0<strong>land and forest resources.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They are also referred to by the names &#8220;<strong>Then Kurumba&#8221; or &#8220;Kattu Naikar.&#8221;\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They<strong>\u00a0live in small settlements called Hadi.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Social life:\u00a0<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li>They live a\u00a0<strong>semi-nomadic lifestyle<\/strong>\u00a0which is\u00a0<strong>not maintained by rulers, police<\/strong>, centralized visible forces, or r<strong>eligious monasteries.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They have their own pattern, which consists of levels with a\u00a0<strong>headman (Yajamana)\u00a0<\/strong>and a\u00a0<strong>ritual head (Gudda).\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Except for the religious decisions, they take care of all the functions of the people.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Beliefs<\/strong>:\u00a0\n<ul>\n<li>The Jenu Kuruba belief system refers to religious behaviour relating to\u00a0<strong>supernatural beings.\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>They have their own identities and names and the Jenu Kuruba people have deep surrenderance towards them.\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Their songs and dances deal with themes relating to agriculture, marriage, myths, and religious beliefs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Jenu Kuruba Tribe FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1.<\/strong>\u00a0The Jenu Kuruba tribe is primarily located in which Indian state?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans.<\/strong>\u00a0Karnataka<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2.<\/strong>\u00a0What is the traditional occupation of the Jenu Kuruba community?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans.<\/strong>\u00a0Honey collection and forest produce gathering<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3.<\/strong>\u00a0What are the traditional small settlements of the Jenu Kuruba people called?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans.<\/strong>\u00a0Hadi<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.survivalinternational.org\/news\/14199\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SURVI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"allow-copy_covered_elem_id_1748332648471\" class=\"allow-copy_cover allow-copy_cover__minimized allow-copy_cover__on-elem\" style=\"top: 0px; 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