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Banjaras tribe.
WOMEN WITH HER JEWELRY.
 The Banjaras were a tribe of nomads who
moved out of Rajasthan and spread out over
most parts of the country. The people of the
Ahir tribe were traditionally cowherds and
shepherds. The were found in the Kutuch area
of western Gujarat ,Rajasthan, Punjab, Uttar
pradesh,Bihar and Nepal. The Bhils were one of
the largest tribes of western India, living in part
of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Maharashtra.
RELEGION

 The Adivasis revere nature and believe that

there is everything around them. They worship
Theyyam , a ritual form of worship of Banjaras.
NOMADIC CULUTURES

 Tribe like Banjaras were nomadic. Nomadic

tribes are wanders ; they travel here and there
and change settlements frequently.
 Language
 Banjaras speak Gor Boli also called Lambadi it belongs
to the indo –Aryan group of languages. Gor boli is as
similar as a Gujarati dialect with maximum Sanskrit
words. Most Banjaras today are bilingual or multilingual
adopting the predominant language of their
surroundings.
 Art
 Banjara art is rich and includes performance arts such
as dance and music to folk and plastic arts such
as rangoli textile embroidery, tattoing and painting.
 Festivals
 Banjara people celebrate the festival of Teej during
Shravana (the month of August). In this festival young
unmarried Banjara girls pray for a good groom.[] They
sow seeds in bamboo bowls and water it three times a
day for nine days and if the sprouts grow "thick and
high", it is considered as good omen. During Teej the
seedling-baskets are kept in the middle and girls sing
and dance around them] Banjaras also celebrate the
festival of Holi.. Banjaras have a sister community of
singers known as Dadhis or GajugoniaThey are Muslim
Banjaras who traditionally traveled from village to village
singing songs to the accompaniment of sarangi.
 Society
 Distribution
 Banjaras can be found all over India but their population is
concentrated in the states of Rajasthan, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh,
Maharashtra and Telangana[citation needed]. As of 2012 there are 1.1
million Banjaras in Karnataka.
 In India, Banjara people were transporters of goods from one place
another and the goods they transported included salt, grains,
firewood and cattle. During 18th Century, the British colonial
authorities brought the community under the purview of Criminal
Tribes Act of 1871. By enforcing this act the British Raj curbed the
movement of Banjara people. The stigma attached to this continued
until 1952 when the Act was abolished by the newly Independent
India.
CELEBRATING THEIR FESTIVAL.
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