{"id":26211,"date":"2025-12-03T10:24:15","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T04:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=26211"},"modified":"2025-12-03T13:16:34","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T07:46:34","slug":"bonda-tribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bonda-tribe\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonda Tribe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Bonda Tribe Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Members of the Bonda community in Odisha\u2019s Malkangiri district are set to transition from fragile thatched huts to permanent pucca houses under the Union government\u2019s PM-Janman scheme.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Bonda Tribe<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bondas are exclusively found in the <\/span><b>Malkangiri district of Odisha<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and are mostly concentrated in the Khairaput block of the district.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/particularly-vulnerable-tribal-groups-pvtgs\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b> particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG)<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>one of the oldest tribes of India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are also known as <\/span><b>Bondo, Bondas, Bonda Paraja,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>Bhonda<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With a <\/span><b>population <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of approximately <\/span><b>7,000 people<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, they live in a mountainous and forest ecosystem<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are considered <\/span><b>one of the first settlers in India<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with their l<\/span><b>ineage tracing back <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to the <\/span><b>Austroasiatic race.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Language<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bonda people <\/span><b>speak Remo<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, a language belonging to the <\/span><b>Austroasiatic linguistic family.\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is <\/span><b>distinct from mainstream Indian languages<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, making it difficult for outsiders to communicate with them.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bondas are divided into <\/span><b>two group<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">s because of their distinct cultural practices:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The<\/span><b> Lower Bondas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who live in the <\/span><b>Malkangiri district in south Odisha <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><b>border Andhra Pradesh and Chhattisgarh<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Upper Bondas<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, who live in the <\/span><b>remote villages<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the district\u2019s hilly terrain.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>social organization is hierarchical<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, with a <\/span><b>council of elders<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> that <\/span><b>makes important decisions<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the community.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Bonda people <\/span><b>live in small villages organized around communal spaces<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> where ceremonies and meetings take place.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bonda architecture is characterized by <\/span><b>mud and thatched-roof houses<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, designed to adapt to the mountainous environment and climatic conditions.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>art <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the Bonda is <\/span><b>expressed mainly through the creation of decorative tools<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and utensils, in addition to their <\/span><b>colorful fabrics and jewelry.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have an interesting dressing style \u2013 <\/span><b>ladies are semiclad and wear different sorts of rings and pieces of jewelry around their bodies,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while the <\/span><b>men wear deadly attires.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Religion<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: The religion of the Bonda people is <\/span><b>animistic<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, focused on the worship of nature and ancestral spirits.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Occupation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:\u00a0<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their economy is based mainly on <\/span><b>subsistence agriculture, hunting,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b>gathering<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They are known for their unique practice of <\/span><b>shifting cultivation called dangar chas.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"2\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They grow crops like paddy, millet, pulses, and vegetables.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Only 6% of Bondas are literate. <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>life expectancy<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the tribe is <\/span><b>so low <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">they are nearly extinct.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deccanchronicle.com\/nation\/primitive-bonda-tribe-set-to-receive-pucca-houses-under-pm-janman-1920644\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">DC<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bonda Tribe is a particularly vulnerable tribal group (PVTG) and one of the oldest tribes of India. 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