Vol 2 Issue 4 July 2015-August 2015
Arup Dey
Abstract: The Santals are one of the Munda peoples who live mainly in the state of Jharkhand, Bihar, west Bengal, Odisha and Assam. There is also significant Santal minority in neighbouring Bangladesh and small population in Nepal . The Santhal society , is one of the most primitive caste among the oldest tribal of India, and it is also the largest tribal of India (Social Geography ,Ahmad Aijazuddin). The Santhals, who number more than 5 millions, consider themselves as a<<tribal>> people speaking a different language (austro-asiatic) and sharing a way of live which implies values different from those of the Hindus (Tambas Lyche.M.C.2007). The people of the Santhal society mainly depends on subsistence farming . They leads a very simple and distinct life . They belief in superstition, and these are the main cause of their backwardness. The Santal tribes of India have a typical tribal life style. Basic needs are fulfilled by forest trees and plants. The tribes are also engaged in fishing and cultivation. These tribes are India also poses a magnificent skill of making musical equipment, mats and baskets out is worth wathing. The study concentrates on the influences of modern values and institution in the day by day of the Santal spread of education, modern technology and migrants, sociologist have noted changes in the social, economic and cultural life of tribals due to such migration. More particularly the have been exposed to the processes related to modernisation and globalization. The impact of such changes can be seen in their changing cultural values, occupational structure and role perception. More particularly, the diminishing significant of patriarchies in the social life of the Santal is evident. In the traditional tribal society, specific role was assigned to man and women for maintenance of their age old tradition, custom etc. Dependency on forest based economy also influenced their cultural norms, traditions and values. Bat as a result of triblas have come close to new forms of life, institutions and values that have encouraged social transformation in their society. By the scanning of this paper, it can be said that the Santhal people( tribal group) have maintain their individuality from the ancient period.
Keywords: Hor , Olchiki, Khuli, Ornaments, Marriage, Maran Buru.
Title: An Ancient History: Ethnographic Study of the Santhal
Author: Arup Dey
ISSN 2394-9694
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