Abstract

Research Article

The study of social and cultural values of Baiga tribes in the state of Madhya Pradesh, in India

Abhimanyu Kumar* and Anjna Thakur

Published: 16 March, 2022 | Volume 6 - Issue 1 | Pages: 013-016

This paper is related to primary and secondary data collected from Anupur district, Madhya Pradesh. It is based on the social and cultural values of the Baiga tribes. Baiga tribe is the most backward tribe of Madhya Pradesh. These tribal people are found in this tribe are found in the following regions of Madhya Pradesh i.e. Eastern Satpura, Mandla, Dindori, Balaghat, Baghelkhand, Sidhi Janpads, Bilaspur, and even in the sarguju area of Chhatisgarh state. The tribe baiga has been defined as decedents from sorcerers or medicine men. The term baiga in the long past time was also applied in the central provinces to anyone who served as a village priest. The methodology used in this research paper is of descriptive and exploratory types. The objective of this paper is conducted through social and cultural values analysis sociological aspects with structure and functional approach.

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Keywords:

Social and cultural values; Tribe; Respondent; Customs

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