Gond Tribe:
The Gond tribe travelled from Bastar, Chhattisgarh to the heart of Delhi with one message: protect the earth, stop the destruction.
- The Gond or Gondi (Gōndi) or Koitur are a Dravidian ethno-linguistic group.
- The states of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, and Odisha are home to the largest Gond populations.
- Gond tribes also live in the states of Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Gujarat.
- Gonds are mainly divided into four tribes, namely Raj Gonds, Madia Gonds, Dhurve Gonds, and Khatulwar Gonds.
- The majority of Gond people speak dialects of Gondi, an unwritten language of the Dravidian language family.
- Some Gond have lost their own language and speak Hindi, Marathi, or Telugu, depending on which is dominant in their area.
- The basis of the Gond economy is agriculture, but they also practice animal husbandry. Some Gond also gather wild plants to eat.
- The religion of the Gond tribes centers on clan and village gods, together with ancestor worship.
- Keslapur Jathra and Madai are important festivals of the Gonds.
