Modern relationship trends like cohabitation and partner choice echo ancient Muria tribal practices in Chhattisgarh. Their ...

Kovvasi Chukkayya, 40, a Muria tribal farmer, in the Chukkalapadu settlement of Alluri Sitarama Raju district, Andhra Pradesh, holds two baskets in his hands: one each for his two children. The first ...

The tribe, which is often wrongly ascribed to as ‘Gutti Koya’, have refused to leave their land, the forests, despite being faced by a plethora of problems, demand state to help them. BHUPALPALLY: ...

In his 50s, Madakam Unga, a Muria tribal farmer who migrated from Chhattisgarh and settled in the dense forests of the Godavari Valley, is still practising ‘deda’, a traditional method of preserving ...

This video of a group of kids dancing with sticks is going viral on social media. But many wondered which dance form it is. Upon a quick search we realised that this is the Gendi, a folk dance form ...

Kirta Dorpa, of the Muria tribe, has opened her shop in Orcha in Narayanpur district. Abujmarh, a dense woodland of about 3,900 sq km in the district, is claimed by Maoists as a ‘liberated zone’ and ...

HYDERABAD: Fundamental rights enshrined in the Indian Constitution are universal, meaning it applies to every single citizen without discrimination. Yet, weakest sections of the society continues to ...

Chendru Ram Mandavi, a Muria tribe member from Chhattisgarh, gained international fame in the 1950s for his unique bond with a tiger cub named Tendru. Filmmaker Arne Sucksdorff's documentary and ...

Bastar: When a Muria youth falls in love with a girl of his tribe, he creates symphony on a tiny piece of wood. He burns the midnight oil chiseling poetry of love on a comb to impress his sweetheart.