The songs the Mundas sang bemoaned their Misery. Alas! under [the drudgery
of] forced labour Blood trickles from my shoulders Day and night the emissary
from the zamindars, Annoys and irritates me, day and night I groan Alas! This
is my condition I do not have a home, where shall I get happiness Alas!
This poem depicts the grievances of the Mundas. What were these
grievances?
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Who Are Tribal People ❖ By the nineteenth century, tribal people in different parts of India were involved in a variety of activities ❖ Some were jhum cultivators ❖ Some of them practiced jhum cultivation, that is, shifting cultivation. This was done on small patches of land, mostly in forests. The cultivators cut the treetops to allow sunlight to reach the ground, and burnt the vegetation on the land to clear it for cultivation. They spread the ash from the firing, which contained potash, to fertilise the soil. They used the axe to cut trees and the hoe to scratch the soil in order to prepare it for cultivation. They broadcast the seeds, that is, scattered the seeds on the field instead of ploughing the land and sowing the seeds. Once the crop was ready and harvested, they moved to another field
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