Baiga people
E112249
The Baiga people are an indigenous Adivasi community of central India known for their shifting cultivation traditions, distinctive body tattoos, and close spiritual relationship with forests.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Baiga people canonical | 1 |
| Baiga tribe | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Adivasi community
ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ indigenous people ⓘ |
| artForm |
body painting
ⓘ
tattoo art ⓘ |
| associatedForestRegion |
Amarkantak town
ⓘ
surface form:
Amarkantak region
Maikal Hills ⓘ Satpura Range ⓘ |
| country | India ⓘ |
| culturalPractice |
body tattooing
ⓘ
ritual dance ⓘ traditional music ⓘ use of herbal remedies ⓘ |
| diet |
forest produce
ⓘ
millets ⓘ roots and tubers ⓘ |
| economicStatus | marginalized community ⓘ |
| facedIssue |
displacement from forests
ⓘ
loss of traditional land ⓘ restrictions on shifting cultivation ⓘ |
| governedBy |
Panchayat
ⓘ
surface form:
Panchayat system
|
| healthPractice | traditional healing ⓘ |
| heritageStatus | endangered cultural traditions ⓘ |
| knowledgeSystem | ethnobotanical knowledge ⓘ |
| language | Baigani language ⓘ |
| languageFamily | Indo-Aryan languages ⓘ |
| locatedIn | central India ⓘ |
| marriagePractice | exogamy ⓘ |
| populationTrend | relatively small population ⓘ |
| presentInState |
Chhattisgarh
ⓘ
Jharkhand ⓘ Uttar Pradesh ⓘ |
| primaryState | Madhya Pradesh ⓘ |
| recognizedAs |
Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group in India
ⓘ
Scheduled Tribe in India ⓘ |
| religion |
animism
ⓘ
folk Hinduism ⓘ |
| selfDesignation | Baiga ⓘ |
| socialStructure | clan-based organization ⓘ |
| spiritualAssociation |
forest worship
ⓘ
nature spirits veneration ⓘ |
| traditionalAgriculture |
shifting hill cultivation
ⓘ
slash-and-burn cultivation ⓘ |
| traditionalHousing |
mud houses
ⓘ
thatched roofs ⓘ |
| traditionalOccupation |
forest-based subsistence
ⓘ
herbal medicine practice ⓘ hunting and gathering ⓘ shifting cultivation ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Baiga tribe