The Todas

GPTKB entity

Statements (52)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ethnic_group
gptkbp:conservationStatus Vulnerable (cultural assimilation)
gptkbp:culturalHeritage gptkb:Intangible_Cultural_Heritage_of_India
gptkbp:diet Vegetarian (traditionally)
gptkbp:dressCode Puthkuli shawl
gptkbp:firstDocumented British colonial administrators
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label The Todas
gptkbp:knownFor Distinctive barrel-vaulted huts
Unique embroidery
gptkbp:language gptkb:Toda_language
gptkbp:languageFamily gptkb:Dravidian
gptkbp:locatedIn gptkb:India
gptkb:Tamil_Nadu
gptkb:Nilgiri_Hills
gptkbp:mainLivestock gptkb:Buffalo
gptkbp:matrilineal No
gptkbp:notableAnthropologists gptkb:David_Mandelbaum
gptkb:W._H._R._Rivers
E. H. Man
gptkbp:notableFestival Modhweth
Kundhen
Porthkuli
gptkbp:notableFor Oral traditions
Distinctive architecture
Distinctive jewelry
Distinctive hairstyles
Distinctive art
Distinctive cosmology
Distinctive dance
Distinctive kinship system
Distinctive music
Distinctive mythology
Distinctive social structure
Elaborate funeral rituals
Polyandry (historically)
Sacred dairies
gptkbp:patrilineal Yes
gptkbp:population around 1,600 (as of 2011 census)
gptkbp:recognizedBy Scheduled Tribe (India)
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:Badagas
gptkb:Kotas
gptkb:Kurumbas
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Toda_religion
gptkbp:rituals Buffalo sacrifice
Dairy temple rituals
gptkbp:script No native script
gptkbp:traditionalDwelling gptkb:Mund
gptkbp:traditionalOccupation Pastoralism
gptkbp:UNESCOStatus Part of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (UNESCO World Heritage Site)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:W._H._R._Rivers
gptkb:Dr._W._H._R._Rivers
gptkbp:bfsLayer 8