Recently, two brothers of the Hatti tribe tied the knot to a woman in Himachal Pradesh, with hundreds of people witnessing the marriage solemnised under the anachronistic tradition of polyandry.
About Hatti Tribe:
The Hattis are a close-knit community who take their name from their traditional occupation of selling home-grown crops, vegetables, meat, and wool at small-town markets known as ‘haats’.
Hatti men traditionally don a distinctive white headgear on ceremonial occasions.
These tribal people reside in the Himachal-Uttarakhand border in the basin of the Giri and Tons rivers, both tributaries of the Yamuna.
There are two main Hatti clans: one in the Trans-Giri area of the Sirmaur district in Himachal Pradesh and the other in Jaunsar Bawar of Uttarakhand.
The two Hatti clans have similar traditions, and intermarriages are common.
They are governed by a traditional council called ‘khumbli’ which decides community matters.
Economy: The Hatti population relies on agriculture for livelihood and bare subsistence since their climate is ideal for growing “Cash Crops.”
Population: According to the 2011 census, members of the community numbered 2.5 lakh, but at present population of the Hattis are estimated at around 3 lakhs.
In 2023, the Indian government granted Scheduled Tribe (ST) status to the Hatti community in Himachal Pradesh.
The Jaunsar- Bawar region of Uttarakhand was granted tribal status in 1967.
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