Abujhmadiya Tribe:
The Bastar Olympics’ tournament has seen increasing participation of the Abujhmadiya tribe.
- They are an ancestral and patriarchal tribe primarily residing in the Abujmarh region in Chhattisgarh, India.
- Abujhmadiya tribal community is a sub-group of Gond tribe of Central India region.
- They speak Abuj Maria, Hindi or Chhattisgarhi.
- They follow a form of animism, worshipping nature spirits and deities associated with natural elements.
- They celebrate “saja festival”, to honor nature spirits and good harvest. They also celebrate Bastar Dussehra.
- They primarily engage in subsistence agriculture, cultivating crops like rice, maize, and pulses. They also practice hunting, fishing, and gathering forest products.
- Their society is organized into clans, each with its own customs and traditions.
- It is a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group (PVTG).
