Social Life: A Recent Studyon Lodhas of Mayurbhanj in Odisha, East India
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Lodhas, tribe, Mayurbhanj, Odisha, IndiaAbstract
The social life of Lodhas stands separate from all other tribal groups of Odisha State in Eastern India. Mayurbhanj is one of the important tribal districts of the state of Odisha. The state of Odisha is regarded as the homeland of a number of different tribes, which have been considered as Scheduled Tribe numbering sixty two. Each tribe has its specific identity and unique character in the form of social organization, culture and language. The spoken language of each tribe is distinct and different from one another. Among the total sixty two Scheduled Tribes of Odisha, there are thirteen Ethno-cultural Primitive Tribal Groups (PTGs). The Lodha tribe is one of the Primitive Tribal Groups of Odisha in Eastern India. The social life style of Lodhas is an interest of the current study. For this reason, this study assess the various social life of Lodhas of Mayurbhanj in Odisha. Methodologically, both primary and secondary sources are used to assess the social way of Lodhas society. Lodhas have its own rules of economic practice that determines its people to define intra-ethnic and inter-ethnic interaction. Lodha tribe pursuit common goals and express their cultural identity and distinctiveness in their social organization, language, rituals, dress, ornaments, art and craft. Thus, the social activities of Lodhas include clanship, family, birth and death rituals, settlement, building their house, marriage system, literacy, education, food habits, social customs, dress and ornaments, work participation, dance, songs, and others.
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[6] Ibid.
[7] Ibid.
[8] Ibid., p.19.
[9] P.K. Bhowmick, op.cit, p 687.
[10] Ibid.
[11] S. C. Mohanty, op.cit, 2004, p.220.
[12] Ibid.
[13] Ibid.
[14] P.K. Bhowmick, op.cit., p.686.
[15] A.B. Ota and A.C. Sahoo, op cit., p. 19.
[16] Ibid.
[17] Ibid., p 20.
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[19] Ibid., p 221.
[20] Ibid.
[21] Ibid.
[22] Ibid.
[23] A.B. Ota and A.C. Sahoo, op. cit., 2010, p.20.
[24] P.K. Bhowmick, op.cit., 2015, p.687.
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[28] Ibid.
[29] Ibid.
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[32] Ibid., p.218.
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[34] A.B. Ota and A.C. Sahoo, The Lodha, The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Research and Training
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[35] Ibid., p. 8.
[36] Ibid., p.9.
[37] Ibid., p. 10.
[38] Sanjay Mallick, Sashi Mallick, Mangala Mallick of Nekdagunja, Gaya Mallick of Dhobani, Mahendra
Mallick of Patharanesa, Raghunatha Bhakta, Jalua Bhakta, Lochana Bhakta, Rajendra Naik of
Chikitamatia, Chhatish Kumar Mallick of Chandrapur and Purnachandra Katual of Handibhanga of
Mayurbhanja district remarks that the Lodha Development Agency has provided ‘Indira Awas’ to each
poor Lodha family. So their old thatched huts have been replaced by the present tile roof houses.
[39] Gaya Mallick of Dhobani village is of the view that the double stored khapper thatched houses are built for
the purpose of storage. The family members are not sleeping in the upper storey at the time of night.
[40] N. N. Mohapatra, Lodha Sanskriti O Loka Sahitya(Odia), Academy of Tribal Dialects and Culture, ST and
SC Development Department, Bhubaneswar, 2002, pp. 44-45.
[41] Ibid.
[42] Ibid.
[43] S.C. Mohanty, op.cit., 2004, p. 219.
[44] Ibid.
[45] Raghunath Bhukta, Lochana Bhukta, Rajendra Naik and Jalua Bhukta of Chikitamatia opine that the
Changu dance and Madala dance are being practised /prevailed on the basic of our tradition.
[46] Suevey Conducted Duning the year 2015-16, Lodha Development Agency, Morada, Mayurbhanj.
[47] Ibid.
[48] P.K. Bhowmick, op.cit., 2015, p.683.
[49] Ibid.
[50] T. Sahu, “Educational Complex for ST Girls Students in Low Female Literacy Pockets of Orissa”, in A. B.
Ota, F. Bara and K. Patnaik (eds.), Dimensions of Tribal Education in Orissa, SCSTRTI, Bhubaneswar,
2010, pp. 167-168.
[51] Ibid.
[52] S.C. Mohanty, op.cit., 2004, p. 219.
[53] Ibid.
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