Dangaria Kandha
267KM per person
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Dangaria Kandha | ≈ 5Hrs 18Mins |
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Worship:
The tribes don’t worship any other god except nature and the environment
1. ‘Dharni Penu’, the Earth Goddess
2. Horu’, the mountain, as the Father God.
3. The water, forests, trees and air are also regarded as the base of life, and they too are worshiped.
Festival :
Every year, from February 22 to 25, This is the time of the annual Niyamgiri festival.
The festival is financed by contributions of Rs. 30 per house, and each family also brings grains and rice. These are given to a tribal committee, which sets up an open-air community kitchen to serve meals of rice, dal, and vegetables to everyone at the festival. Animals or chicken offered to Niyam Raja are also cooked and served at meal-time.
The Dangaria Kandha or Dongria Kondh people are members of the Kondhs. They are located in the Niyamgiri hills ranges in Rayagada and Kalahandi district . They sustain from the resources of the Niyamgiri forests practising horticulture and shifting cultivation.and they are expert in Horticulture and practice shifting cultivation very fluently.
It is an area containing densely forested hills, deep gorges and cascading streams. Its highest point is the mountain known as Niyamgiri or Niyam Dongar, The people of Niyamgiri use Kui language. They worship as a sperm God to Niyam Raja (Niyamraja). The Girls’ Dormitory is a unique feature of this tribe also. They observe “Meria” festival sacrificing buffaloes.and their main occupation is cultivation in Dangar lands and plantation of different fruit bearing plants.
And They grow pine apple, banana, oranges, turmeric, zinger and variety of cereals, millets and pulses in their swiddens. They have an essential knowledge of the mountains, trees, forest, and plants and Goats, sheep, chicken, buffalo, roots, leaves, fruits – all are available in abundance at the annual Niyamgiri festival.
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Dangaria Kandha
The Dangaria Kandhas , a Particularly Vulnerable Tribe Group live in the terrains of Niyamagiri hill ranges in Rayagada and Kalahandi district covering 4 (four) Blocks those are Bissamcuttack, Muniguda and Kalyan Singpur of Rayagada District and some parts of Lanjigarh block in Kalahandi District. They speak in “Kui” a Dravidian Dialect. They are expert in Horticulture and practice shifting cultivation.
