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Traditional handicrafts of the Gond tribes of Vidarbha, Maharashtra

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Title Traditional handicrafts of the Gond tribes of Vidarbha, Maharashtra
 
Creator Deogaonkar, S G
 
Subject Maharashtra
Vidarbha
Gond
Madia-Gonds
Handicrafts
Woodcraft
Bamboo craft
 
Description 53-55
The Vidarbha region of Maharashtra State consists of 11 districts having a large, proportion of tribal population. Gadchiroli (38.75%), Chandrapur (19.70%) and Yavatmal (21.47%) districts have a larger percentage of tribal population as compared to other districts. In these districts, Gonds, Pardhans and Kolam are major tribes followed by Korku and others. Gonds, who are numerically predominant, are a part of Gond tribe accounting for one of the major tribal groups in India followed by Mundas. Traditional knowledge of handicrafts among Gonds in general and among Gonds of Chandrapur and Gadchiroli districts in particular, attracts attention. An attempt has been made to present the traditional knowledge and skills, specially related to woodcraft and bamboocraft of Gond tribes of Vidarbha region.
 
Date 2008-03-31T05:53:19Z
2008-03-31T05:53:19Z
2008-01
 
Type Article
 
Identifier 0972-5938
http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/568
 
Language en_US
 
Relation Int. Cl.⁸: D01
 
Publisher CSIR
 
Source IJTK Vol.7(1) [January 2008]