Gwala (cowherd groups)

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Gwala (cowherd groups) are traditional pastoral communities in India primarily engaged in cattle herding and dairy-related occupations.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf occupational community
pastoral community
social group
affectedBy expansion of cooperative dairies
modernization of dairy industry
associatedWithAnimal cattle
cow
associatedWithPractice animal husbandry
small-scale dairy farming
culturalAssociation Krishna cowherd traditions NERFINISHED
economicSector dairy sector
livestock sector
engagedIn grazing cattle
milking cows
selling milk and milk products
ethnographicCategory cattle-keeping communities
pastoralists
foundInRegion East India NERFINISHED
North India NERFINISHED
parts of Central India
hasPrimaryOccupation cattle herding
dairy production
milk selling
historicalLifestyle rural village-based herding
semi-nomadic pastoralism
knowledgeDomain indigenous cattle management
local breeding practices
traditional milk processing techniques
languageUsed Hindi NERFINISHED
other Indo-Aryan languages
linkedTo dairy value chain
local milk markets
locatedIn India
occupationalStatus traditional
partOf traditional rural economy of India
relatedTerm Ahir NERFINISHED
Gwal
Gwala caste
Yadav NERFINISHED
religion predominantly Hindu
socialIdentityBasedOn occupation with cows and milk
socialRole cowherd
milk supplier
termMeaning cowherd in several Indo-Aryan languages

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Ahir community relatedCommunity Gwala (cowherd groups)