How did people of bastar live before 1905? Explain their beliefs and traditions?
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Bastar is located in the Southernmost part of Chhattisgarh, borders of Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Maharashtra. A number of different communities like Maria and Muria Gonds, Dhurwars, Bhatras and Halbas live in Bastar who speak different languages but share common customs and beliefs. They believe that each village was given its land by the Earth and in return they look after the land and give some offerings at each agricultural festival. (i) When the colonial power proposed to reserve two-thirds of the forest in 1905 and stop shifting cultivation); hunting and collection of forest product the people of Bastar became worried. (ii) Some; people were fallowed to stay in 'forest villages on the condition that they worked for the forest department and protected the forest from fires. Other people were displaced without any notice or compensation. (iii) For long the villagers had been suffering from increased land rents and frequent demands for free labour and goods by colonial pfficials.- (iv) Moreover there were two terrible famines, one in 1899-1900 and other m 1907 1908. (v) People began to gather and discuss these issues in their village councils, but the initiative was taken by the Dhurwar of Kanger forest, where reservation first took place; (iv) In 1910, mango boughs, a lump of earth, chillies and arrows, began; circulating between villages. (vii) Bazars were looted, the houses of officials and traders, schools and police stations were burnt and robbed and grain redistributed. (viii) The British: troops suppressed the rebellion. Adivasis fled in to jungles, their leaders Gunda Dhur was not captured. (ix) In a major victory for the rebels, work on reservation was temporarily suspended and the area to be reserved was reduced' to roughly half of that planned before 1910.
People of bastar
Explanation:
1. Baster people believe that land was given to them by Earth hence they marked respect towards it vy organising some agriculture festivities.
2. They also believe in the existance of spirits and pay tribute to mountains and forests.
3. Natural resources was chiefly taken care which falls inside the boundaries of Baster people
4. On the payment of Dand, wood could be brought from other village also in need.
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