Orissa occupies a unique position in the ethnographic map of India for having the largest variety of tribal communities. Being one of the fascinating ethnographic states of India, it has been the homeland of as many as 62 different tribal communities. The tribal population of Orissa constitute 23% of the it’s total population and 7.76 % percentage of total population of India. Out of the 62 type of tribal communities of Orissa, basing upon their special lifestyle and culture most important are Bhumia, Bhunjia,Bhatra , Birhor, Bondo (The most primitive and colorful tribes of Orissa),Dharua or Dhuruba, Didayi, Gond,Ho,Juang,Kharia, Kandh or Kondh ( Desia Kondh,Kutia kondh,Dongariya Kondh, Kubhi Kondh )Paroja and Saura or Sabara. Orissa tribes Tour are basically belong to Indo-Aryan Speakers, Dravidian Speakers and Austric Speakers. Considering the general features of Orissa Tribes like eco system, traditional economy, supernatural beliefs and practices ,they are divided in 05 types like hunting ,collecting and gathering type, Cattle herder type, Simple artisan type, Hill and shifting cultivation type and settled agriculture type.

The Tribal people express their cultural identity and distinctiveness in their social organization, language, rituals and festivals and also in their dress, ornamentation, art and craft. They have retained their own way of managing internal affairs of village mainly through two institutions namely, the village council and the youth dormitory. Dormitory is the core of tribal culture and it reinforces the age old traditions. In Orissa this institution occurs among many tribal communities in some form or other. It is variously called by different tribal groups. The Juang call it Majang , Kondhs call it Dindaghar, The Bhuyans call it Dangarbassa and Bondas call it Ingersin.

The ceremonies and festivals of the Orissa tribes can be classified into two groups like one relate to the individual families and other relate to the village as whole. The ceremonies and rites relating to the birth of child, marriage, and death are observed as family wise whereas various agricultural cycle, eating new fruits, hunting etc are observed by the village community. Some of the important festivals observed by the tribal communities of Orissa include Gaur ceremony of the Saora, Gotar of the Gadaba ,Push Punei of the Juang, Kedu of the Kondh, Karam festivals of the Oraon, Chait parab of the Bonda and Mahga parab of Santal.

Dance and Music are like life blood of Orissa Tribes from the origin. Every occasion and every festival they perform their dance with their traditional musical instruments like Mahuri, Chhangu and Dholki.

So Exploring life style and culture of these Orissan Tribes is really interesting. So basing on this idea to attract more and more people from different countries to see an unexplored tribal culture of Orissa , ACE Expedition India Tours of Orissa, located in the Bhubaneswar (The capital of Orissa) offer tour packages and tailor-made tours to see remote tribal villages, weekly market and fair & festival as Orissa Tribal Tour Packages.

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