Gond

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The Gond are one of central India’s largest Adivasi (indigenous) communities, known for their Dravidian languages, rich oral traditions, and distinctive ritual and folk art.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Gond canonical 29
Gond community 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Adivasi community
Scheduled Tribe
ethnic group
indigenous people
artRecognition contemporary tribal art movement
artStyle Gond painting
wall murals
clanSystem totemic clans
country India
culturalPractice ancestor worship
folk songs
nature worship
oral epics
ritual dance
demographicStatus one of central India’s largest Adivasi communities
one of the largest tribal groups in India
ethnicity Adivasi
linked to: Adivasis
governance traditional village councils
heritageStatus indigenous cultural heritage of India
knownFor folk art
rich oral traditions
ritual art
languageFamily Dravidian languages
mythology creation myths
hero epics
populationRegion Andhra Pradesh
Bihar
Chhattisgarh
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Odisha
linked to: Orissa

Telangana
Uttar Pradesh
recognizedAs Scheduled Tribe in India
region Central India
religion Gondi religion
Hinduism
animism
scriptStatus primarily oral tradition
socialStructure clan-based organization
traditionalLanguage Gondi language
Koya language
Pardhan Gondi
linked to: Bastar Gondi
traditionalOccupation forest-based livelihoods
hunting and gathering
shifting cultivation

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Referenced by (30)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gondia district ethnicGroup Gond
subject linked to: Gondia
Raj Gond partOf Gond community
linked to: Gond
Raj Gond relatedGroup Gond
Gondi people ethnicity Gond
Eastern Madhya Pradesh hasTribalPopulation Gond
subject linked to: eastern Madhya Pradesh
Komaram Bheem ethnicity Gond
Maria Gond ethnicity Gond