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The Kurukh or Oraon, also spelt Uraon or Dhangad, (Kurukh: Karḵẖ and Oṛāō n) are a Dravidian speaking ethnolinguistic group inhabiting Chhotanagpur Plateau and adjoining areas - mainly the Indian states of Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and West Bengal.
The Oraons (Uraons) are one of the five largest tribes in South Asia. They live in the forested uplands of east-central India, occupying the Chota Nagpur region of Jharkhand and adjoining states. Scholars have speculated that they migrated there in the distant past from the Konkan coast of South India.
Oraon, aboriginal people of the Choṭa Nāgpur region in the state of Bihār, India. They call themselves Kurukh and speak a Dravidian language akin to Gondi and other tribal languages of central India. They once lived farther to the southwest on the Rohtās Plateau, but they were dislodged by other.
One of the most culturally vibrant tribe ‘Oraon’ constitute a major tribal community of Odisha. They call themselves as ‘Kurukh’ (Kurunkh) which also is the name of their mother tongue. Their cultural life is enriched with their tradition, dance, music, arts and crafts.
Jul 1, 2016 · The present paper explores how traditional knowledge of totemism of the Oraon tribe of Achanakmar-Amarkantak Biosphere supports the conservation of biosphere.
Oraon is one of the popular tribal communities in India. A large number of Oraon migrated and settled in Barak valley of Assam to work in tea gardens as wage labourer during British Period. After arrival in Barak Valley of Assam they are confined in tea garden. Their mode of living is based on tea garden settler.
Jun 8, 2021 · The Oraon tribe, that now lives in the Chhotanagpur region of the Indian state of Jharkhand claims that, once upon a time, they were the aborigines of the Rohtas Plateau of Kaimur Range in the...
AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORAON FOLK NARRATIVES AND ROCK ART The present section of our article attempts to explain a few Oraon folk songs that are still existent amongst the Oraon tribe and narrate the story of their ancestral place and their consequent migration to their current domicile in Chhotanagpur in Jharkhand.
Oraon believe that in the beginning man was taught by Dharmes himself to multiply so that the creation of life never ends.” Children are raised for the tribe so that the family, clan and tribe are continued and there are enough members to offer sacrifices to Dharmes, the ancestors and the spirits.
Jan 1, 2019 · Gives a comprehensive description of the Oraon tribe which constitutes a Dravidian linguistic island among the dominant Mundari group in the plateau of Chotanagpur in Middle India.
