Vadodara: East belt Gujarat is dominated by them because they have almost 15% of the country’s population and speak the same language as others.
But not many know about the practice, habits and lifestyles of the Gujarat tribal community.
On the international day of the world indigenous people, TOI saw some strange but interesting tribal practices.
The clock moves back here: time moves forward and never retreated as the hands of our hours shows.
But many tribes in Dahod, Panchma, but have hours where hands move backwards.
Often known as ‘ghadis adivation’, this hour-hour hand moves anti-clockwise.
Different people have different beliefs about this non-conventional clock.
While some said that this hour symbolizes natural law as tribes worshiping it, some in Dahod said that the destruction of the earth was guaranteed and because the hands of the clock moved backwards, at that time was also approaching.
“I have asked many people who have hours like that, but for them this is the right way.
They even moved their rock grinders anti-clockwise from age,” said Dr.
Madan Meena, director of Adivasi Academy.
Paying Cow Debt: Cows are realized among the majority communities, as well as tribal matters, respect the animal because they consume breast milk.
In fact, every year is fairly held in Dahod for cows.
The animal is decorated with peacock feathers and natural paint.
At this exhibition, men and women make cows run on them to repay debt to animals that they believe has been issued by consuming breast milk.
Symbolic robbery to draw rain: in nine years, if the rain is delayed, ‘YAGNAS’ or other religious ceremonies conducted by groups of residents in cities and cities to calm the gods of rain.
But in the Dahod district if the rainy season was delayed, many villages there watched the robbery of symbolies to calm down the gods.
In this practice, women dressed as men and carry out robbery in various homes in their village.
The delicate message to the rain god behind this robbery is that people are forced to rob houses because the rainy season is delayed.
Rice soaked in turmeric is an invitation card here: by replacing trends and time, many splurges on a luxury wedding invitation card.
Unlike this big-budget marriage, these tribes have a humble tradition to expand invitations to their friends and relatives for marriage.
In many tribal areas, people give raw rice in turmeric as an invitation.
Because modernity reaches a semi-urban tribal area, many even start giving invitation cards, but they also ensure that Turmeric rice is also given with it.
Wedding without groom: in every marriage, the groom and groom is the center of attraction.
But in some chhota udepur villages, it is a bride and groom brother who stole the show.
Strange, it might be heard, but the tradition of Surkheda, Sanada and Ambala District of Chhota Udepur District did not allow the groom to be part of their own marriage.
His brother was decorated as a groom even though with ‘Mehendi’ in his hand and silver ornaments were all exchanged his body swore with the bride.
The people of this region showed that the local god named Bharmadev was involved in getting another god to get married and he remained unmarried, so in connection with Bharmadev, the groom married did not attend the ceremony.