Koraga Tribe

02.12.2024

Koraga Tribe

Why in the news?                        

           The Revenue department in Kerala has initiated steps to provide land titles (patta) to the Koraga tribe (ST) group in Kasaragod and Manjeswaram taluks under a project called Operation Smile.

About Koraga Tribe:

• Koragas are one of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) found in the southern part of India particularly Kerala and Karnataka.
• Language: At present most of the Koragas are speaking Tulu language but they have their own independent language.
• Koragas are divided into a number of exogamous clans or sects. The clan is known as bali. There are 17 balis found among Koragas.
• Economy: The Korags are basically agriculturists and depend for their livelihood on the forest produce such as bamboo, cane, creepers for basketry.
• They sing songs and perform folk dances, rituals and magics to appease their deity for bountiful crops and eradicate epidemics.
• Dholu and Voote (Drum and Flute) are among two important musical instruments of the Koragas.
• The Family among the Koraga is matrilineal, the decent being reckoned along the female line. But residence after marriage is patrilocal.
• The property is equally divided among both sons and daughters.
• The Koragas were worshippers of different Bhuta’s (Bhuta Kola is a ritual folk dance in Tulu Nadu) such as Panjurli, Kallurti, Korathi and Guliga etc.

                                                                  Source: The Hindu

Koraga tribe, recently in news, mainly found in:

A.Punjab and Haryana

B.Tamil Nadu and Maharashtra

C.Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh

D.Kerala and Karnataka

Answer D