A section of the Thadou tribes represented by the Manipur-based Thadou Students' Association (TSA) has formed a global platform to look into critical issues facing the community, particularly in Manipur.
About Thadou people:
The Thadou are an indigenous people who live in the hill country adjacent to the ImphalValley in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur.
They are the second largest in terms of population in Manipur, next to Meitei,according to the Manipur Census 2011.
They are also found in Assam, Nagaland, and Mizoram in India, and in Chin State and Sagaing Division in Burma/Myanmar.
The Thadou language belongs to the Tibeto-Burman family of the Sino-Tibetan languages.
Thadou subsistence activities include animal, cultivation, hunting and fishing. Jhum (slash-and-burn) agriculture is predominant.
Thadou settlements are located in forests. Sites on the tops of ridges or just below ridges are preferred.
Villages are not arranged according to an established urban plan, and there is no marking of the perimeter of a village.
Almost all Thadou claim to be followers of Christianity.
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