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The Dongria tribe of Odisha
Some 450 Kilometres from Bhubaneswar, Dongria Kondh tribal women pictured during a festival worshipping their traditional god 'Dharani Penu' and Nyamraja (hill) for better crop harvest and rain on the hills at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district. Every year members of this indigenous group celebrate the two day festival sacrificing animals and birds in worship of their deity. (Arabinda Mohapatra)
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Some 450 Kilometres from Bhubaneswar, Dongria Kondh tribal women pictured during a festival worshipping their traditional god 'Dharani Penu' and Nyamraja (hill) for better crop harvest and rain on the hills at Lanjigarh in Kalahandi district. Every year members of this indigenous group celebrate the two day festival sacrificing animals and birds in worship of their deity. (Arabinda Mohapatra)
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The Dongria Kandh tribe has a subsistence economy based on foraging, hunting & gathering but they now primarily depend on subsistence agriculture. (Arabinda Mohapatra)
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Tribal family members make their way around the hilly landscape of Nyamgiri to attend the festivities. (Arabinda Mohapatra)
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A woman looks at her earrings in front of a mirror. Each member has a unique personal adornment, they use hair clips, earrings neck rings, hand rings made up of brass and iron. (Arabinda Mohapatra)
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The tribal women dances wearing traditional anklets during the festival. (Arabinda Mohapatra)
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Dongria Kondh tribal beat drums as they sing and chant to their traditional god 'Dharani Penu' and Niyamraja (hill). (Arabinda Mohapatra)
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Nyamgiri hills from where the tribals hail has been in the news over the last decade over reports of Bauxite mining by large mining corporations affecting their way of life. (Arabinda Mohapatra)
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An old tribal women sells tooth sticks in the Lanjigarh weekly haat (market) where the locals do most of their shopping. (Arabinda Mohapatra)
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A Dongria women prepares food in open during the two-day long Niyamraja Festival. (Arabinda Mohapatra)
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The tribe offer grains to birds before they are sacrificed during two day festival worship of their traditional god 'Dharani Penu'. (Arabinda Mohapatra)
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A Dongria Kandh tribal woman smiles as she carries traditional herb leafs for use in food and medicine to her home. (Arabinda Mohapatra)
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