{"id":77971,"date":"2025-12-15T15:00:37","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T09:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=77971"},"modified":"2025-12-15T16:03:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T10:33:19","slug":"dandami-madia-tribe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/dandami-madia-tribe\/","title":{"rendered":"Dandami Madia Tribe"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Dandami Madia Tribe Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Recently, members of the Dandami Madia tribe perform the traditional Bison Horn Maria dance during a village festival at Judiya Para in Jagdalpur.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Dandami Madia Tribe<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dandami Maria, also known by other names like <\/span><b>Bison Horn Maria and Khalpati Maria<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a tribal <\/span><b>community which lives in Chhattisgarh.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They have derived their name from their <\/span><b>unique custom of wearing a distinctive head-gear<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which resembles the horns of a wild bison.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They generally wear that <\/span><b>head-gear during ceremonies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They identify themselves as part of the <\/span><b>larger Gond tradition.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Language:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> The main distinct language spoken by this tribe <\/span><b>is Dandami Maria.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Some of them speak Gondi dialects, which is an oral language of Dravidian origins.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Society and Customs of Dandami Madia Tribe<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Economy:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> They live by agriculture, supplemented by hunting and fishing.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Belief:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Their belief is a combination of Hinduism with <\/span><b>Animistic beliefs.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Their <\/span><b>ghotul<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (youth dormitory for unmarried boys and girls) is an important social institution.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They permit <\/span><b>divorce and widow remarriage.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">They perform the traditional <\/span><b>Bison Horn Maria<\/b> <b>dance<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> during a village festival. It is performed by <\/span><b>both men and women.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source: <\/b><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/news\/national\/chhattisgarh\/news-in-frames-the-enduring-tribal-beats-of-bastar\/article70394909.ece\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TH<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dandami Madia Tribe is also known by other names like Bison Horn Maria and Khalpati Maria. 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