Question

what were the belief of the people of bastar

Answer 1

The Bastar people believed:

(i) That each village was given its land by the Earth. They thus revered and thanked the Earth by making some offerings on each agricultural festival.

(ii) They showed respect to the spirits of the river, the forests, and the mountains.

(iii) Each village was aware of their boundaries. All natural resources within that boundary were looked after and the responsibility of the local people.

(iv) Wood could be taken from forests of another village only after payment of a small fee called dand or man.

(v) Some villages engaged watchmen to protect their forests. Every household contributed some grain as payment for the services to the watchmen.

Answer 2

Belief of the people of Bastar

Explanation:

People of Bastar believed that

(i)  Worshipped Mother Earth. Believed that land was Earth's gift.

(ii)  They also worshipped nature in the form of spirits of the river, mountain and the forest.

(iii)  Natural resources are to be protected.

(iv)  As they worshipped forests, they considered felling the trees as evil. They were allowed to take wood from other village that too only for a fee known as dand or man.

Bastar worshipped their natural resources and protected them with help from the local people. They appointed watchmen to protect the trees and every house would contribute for the payment of the watchmen in the form of grains.