KUI TRIBALS

July 8, 2019

The Kui Samaj Samanwaya Samity, an organisation of Kui tribals in south Odisha, has alleged police atrocities on a group of tribal families in Ganjam district’s Kasakendupalli village under the Bhanajangar police station limits.

About:

Distribution: The Kondhs constitute one of the major tribes of Odisha.
Names: the word Kondh means" mountaineer", derived from the Telugu word ko or ku, signifying a hill or mountain. These tribals still continue to call themselves as 'Kui people' and their hills as 'kui country'.
Type: The kondhs are a Dravidian tribe.
Types: Traditionally hunter-gatherers, they are divided into Desia Kondhs, Dongria Kondhs and Kutia Kondhs.

Source : The Hindu

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