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May 2023

A Study on Life Cycle Rituals of Kisan Tribe in Odisha

1Miss. Gouri Majhi, 2Dr.Ratnakar Mohapatra
1Ph.D. Research Scholar of History, School of Tribal Culture, philosophy and Eco-Spiritualism, KISS, Deemed to be University, Bhubaneswar , PIN- 751024, Odisha, India
2Associate Professor of History, KISS, Deemed to be University , Bhubaneswar, PIN – 751024 , Odisha , India https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3148-7662
DOI : https://doi.org/10.58806/ijirme.2023.v2i5n03

Abstract

The Kisan Adivasi constitutes a single among the 62 tribes recognized in Odisha. The Kisans do better than the other ethnic groups in comparison. In Odisha's western region, they are primarily found in Sundergarh, Jharsuguda, Sambalpur, and Deogarh, among others as well, belong to the various regions of Orissa where a large number of people live in Bargarh, Balangir, Kalahandi, Keonjhar, Jaipur, and Boud are further districts wherever it is located. Cultivator is the meaning of the word "Kisan." The name "Kisan" was given to him since this group of people has a long history of cultivation. These individuals had a variety of local designations and were found all throughout the entire globe.Kola and Morva can be identified by their given names in the Kuchinda block of the Sambalpur district, just as Kuda, Kor, and Mirdha are located within the Sundergarh district. Kisans, unlike other ethnic groups, speak a particular language. Comparable to indigenous languages of many different kinds of mankind, they interact in Kurukh, Odia, and Sambalpuri in as well as Kisan. Hinduism is recognised as the dominant religion among the Kisans. In spite of this, a large number of Kisan tribe people have converted to Christianity from Hinduism. In addition to older people, they love nature. Together with them and Budhabandha, Ganasir, Baghiya, Gosain, Veemdevata as their village deity, Samalai Mahaprabhu is praised as the house deity while the place where cows and other animals graze. This worship is referred to as guhalpuja. Born into a Kisan family, they speak in Kisan, because Kunhan, while they must adhere to a number of social laws between the time they are born until the day they pass away. The purpose of this paper is to present the Kisan tribe's life cycle rituals in the Indian state of Odisha. The authors of this article used information gathered from primary and secondary sources when writing it.

Keywords:

Kisan, Ritual, Tribe, Family, Ceremony, Community, Marriage, Thread, Odisha

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