: Write a detailed note on the customs and practices of tribes.
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Explanation:
MOST PEOPLE believe that Indian tribal communities are still very close to nature and have not only managed to keep away from the effects of modernisation but have also successfully preserved their age-old traditions and customs.
However, a study by Allahabad University's Anthropology Department has established that contrary to the popular belief, many a tradition and customs that had survived the changing times for centuries have undergone alterations resulting in change in their celebration of festivals and cultural events.
A Senior Research Fellow of the varsity's Anthropology Department, Surichi Tiwari, has carried out a study on the impact of modernisation on one such tribal community of the Mundas and visited Jharkhand on a study tour along with students of her department.
"The tribal community forms just 8 per cent of the total Indian population. As many as 50 per cent of the Indian tribal community including the Mundas, Oraon, Ho, Sauria, Paharia, Tharu, Gond and Bhil are found in the states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhatisgarh, Madhya Pradesh and Uttaranchal.
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The tribal people observe their festivals, which have no direct conflict with any religion, and they conduct marriage among them according to their tribal custom. They have their own way of life to maintain all privileges in matters connected with marriage and succession, according to their customary tribal faith.
In keeping with the nature of Indian religion generally, these particular religions often involve traditions of ancestor worship or worship of spirits of natural features.[3] Tribal beliefs persist as folk religion even among those converted to a major religion.
The largest and best-known others religion of India is that of the Santhal of Orissa. In 1991, there were some 24,000 Indians belonging to the Santhal community who identified explicitly as adherents of the Santhal traditional religion Sarnaism in the Indian census, as opposed to 300,000 who identified as Christians. Among the Munda people and Oraons of Bihar, about 25 % of the population are Christian. Among the Kharia people of Bihar (population about 130,000), about 60 % are Christians. Tribal groups in the Himalayas following Bon religion were similarly affected by both Hinduism and Buddhism in the late 20th century. The small hunting-and-gathering groups in the union territory of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands have also been under severe pressure of cultural assimilation.