The rythm of life in Jhabua - Some experiences of the Tribal kingdom

12/03/2012, Hyderabad

A tribal young man playing flute during Bhagoria fare at Jhabua

Writing again after long time; so why not start with writing about the starting evidences of human; which is called, and existed between the (so called)modern civilization, as "the Tribal"

The world 'tribal' relates to the people/communities, who follows the ancient way of living(It is an another issue that ST is now a category as per Govt. rules for the well being of the Tribals, but nothing great is done for them till date on an average of overall, other than 'perfect paper reports' by the Govt. departments and people/organizations who are working for the Tribal welfare). 

The earlier mankind(Homo Sapien) used to live under trees, caves and open grounds with the mode survivals - animal flesh, water, fruits, plant routes etc. Slowly they gather together and became different from their fellow brothers(other living beings called as Animals now) by developing their way of communication, eating habits and innovating new things for their survival and safety. The progressed civilizations (who left or forgot their traditions during development) called themselves as 'Developed/Modern people' and called other communities who are still following the ancient traditions and living in between nature as 'the Tribals', by categorizing/considering them as backward people. 

Personally, I feel myself very lucky for getting chances to experiences to live between them and feel the brotherhood of the traditional people called as 'Tribal' by the modern society.

                                                                                                                            13/03/2012, Hyderabad

Contd..

The city is situated in Madhya Pradesh and well connected with other big cities like Indore, Dahod, Bhopal through NH 59. Though well connected with the modern world, the natives of Jhabua following their ancient culture and saved it, now their unique identification. Bhill's and Bhilala's are basically the natives of this district. Their is a division of superiority between these two castes, instead of same language and culture; Bhills are considered them as superior to Bhilala's and even they do not face each other or visit each other's villages or participate in any community programs together.