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Anushka Rose (A.R.): What is the significance of the Madais of Bastar?
Brijlal Mandavi (B.M.): The historical significance of the Bastar mela (or pen Madai) for the adivasis can be traced to the Raj Madai of Jagdalpur. The Raj Madai, (previously organized by kings), marks the beginning of various…
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Works in English
Grigson, W.V. 1938. Maria Gonds of Bastar. London: Oxford University Press.
Elwin, Verrier. 1943. Maria Murder and Suicide. London: Oxford University Press.
Deo, Aditya Pratap. 2013. 'Of Kings and Gods: The Archive of Sovereignty in a princely state’, in Unarchived Histories: the…
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According to the census of 2001, the state of Chhattisgarh holds 31.8 percent of the country’s adivasi (original inhabitants) or tribal population. The Gonds are one of the oldest tribes who dwell in the state. Men and women of this tribe celebrate their allegiance to the village god or goddess…
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Madai: Rituals in the bazaar
As the paddy crop ripens and the season of harvest starts, the air gets nippy in the southern hinterlands of Satpura. November slips away as the ripe golden crop sways in the cool breeze and women start reaping the harvest. Harvesting ends as December brings with it…
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Introduction
Unlike the other Madais of Bastar, the one at Geedam is significant. Madai at Geedam marks the culmination of pen (ancestral gods) Madais across Bastar and marks the beginning of ama (mango) Madai—i.e., celebration of the mango season. Geedam Madai and the Dantewada Madai were started…
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The Gond adivasis are native to the states of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Gujarat. In the wake of winter, as the harvest season comes to an end, an event of spiritual and cultural significance to the Gonds of Chhattisgarh is organized and celebrated across the…
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This module presents various aspects of the Madai of Chhattisgarh. Madai literally translates as 'social gathering'. Held after the harvest of the Kharif (summer) crop, the occasion is a celebration of the coming together of ancestral and guardian deities of various villages in a congregational…
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This content has been published as part of a project commissioned by the Directorate of Culture and Archaeology, Government of Chhattisgarh, to document the cultural and natural heritage of the state of Chhattisgarh.
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This content has been published as part of a project commissioned by the Directorate of Culture and Archaeology, Government of Chhattisgarh, to document the cultural and natural heritage of the state of Chhattisgarh.
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