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There are other tribals, which are in the plains of Broach, Surat and district Bulsar like Dublas who look as though they are from foreign origin, the Dhodias tribe who probably migrated from the region of Dhulia of Maharashtra. Chaudhris tribe, come from West Bengal and Orissa. The population of features of Bhil tribals is more than fifty percent of the population of the state Adivasi. There are Adivasi tracts allegation descent order from clans like Chauhan, Rathod, Solanki, Makwana and Parmar. The jewellery which are worn by the Bhil Garasia women are Jhulki, colorful Ghagra, the Sallo etc. which shows the influence of Rajput. Tribals near Akkalkavu, khandesh west and Ratnapur come in the influence of Muslims that’s why they have accepted the Muslim faith and their women also wears veils.
Location: Dangs District, Gujarat
Major Tribes: Kukunas, Kamits, Bhika, Warlis, Kunbis
Dangs is a beautiful god gift to Gujarat which is situated in the area of Dharampur. However it is not so big but the picturesque beauty of the forests increase its charm.Many tribes like Bhils, Kunbis have made Dangs as their colony. Gamits and Warlis are rooted here from a long time. Ahwa is located on Saputara and on plateau; these two places are famous for tourists.
The combination of Warli, Gamit, Bhil and Kunbi, can be found in the Singana village; it is situated in the Ahwa Taluka of Dangs district. In Singana village, there are eighty five houses, five hundred people live there. Their house is called as Pucca house; they decorate it by painting the wooden pillars which are carved. Aged people of this tribe wear Kameez and dhoti. Women commonly wear sari in Maharashtrian style in the colour of green or red with the designs of flowers. In ornaments, they like to wear silver Bali, Baju Bandh, Kada, golden Kata Nath, Asura necklace and Kada.
Kunbi tribe generally have 3 joint weddings. Mangla Sutra, Jhanhar anklets, Cupboard, Dhorlu necklace consists of the Trousseau on the family side. The bride’s in laws usually give Kundala earrings and Teak Nath in the wedding. In the wedding ceremony, bride generally wears the sari in Maharashtrian way and Choli. They also wear Odhni which is called as Farki, they also have silver rings in their toes all these ornaments have essential position in the wedding occasion. Kunbi tribe celebrates the festivals like Dangs durbar in the month of March and Holi. They perform the Waghdev Barasa Puja in the jungle which is near Sakarpatar. They have a traditional or typical dance forms on the occasions such as Dholak, Sambre, Banjo and Bansuri.
The name Kukna comes from the Kankan armlet, it is worn by this tribe and also because they migrated to Gujarat from some of the Konkan part in the earlier times. This tribe is situated in Valsad, Kuknas, Vansad, Dharampur. They are also known as Kokna or Kokni. People of Kuknas living in Dharampur and Dangs are very similar. The languages they use are Gujarati, Marathi and Hindi. The tribe is divided in the clans and Kuls. This tribe people believe in unity among the community and family; that’s why they travel in groups outside the village.
Kuknas build the walls of houses by using whitewash and mud, their houses usually don’t have windows and the roof of the houses is covered by grass. Kuknas tribe eat natural things like plants, roots, honey and wild animals. Among the all tribes, Kuknas earned a high position because of the improving literacy rate. They make vegetable by using sweet oil, but they don’t use spice and Ghee. Kadmai village; where all three tribes Kukna, Warlu and Nayak are living communally. Villagers don’t allow young generation to learn art like stone carving, wall painting from the old generation people. They celebrate Diwali festival in bamboo made temple. In the Kuknas tribe, people believe in big or joint families but because of the occupation they also shift to the nuclear family system. For them wedding is very important, even if wedding rituals take place after 1 or 2 children’s birth. Festivals like Navratri, Shivratri, Diwali and Dussehra are celebrated by the Kuknas.
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