- Gadabas
The Gadabas are one of the Scheduled Tribes of
India . They live primarily inOrissa ,Madhya Pradesh andAndhra Pradesh .There are approximately 67,000 Gadabas. They are involved in both slash and burn and plow cultivation. They live in permanent villages.
They are well known for their tribal dance, the
Dhimsa .They practice
Shamanistic rituals.The Gadabas speak an
Austroasiatic language. It is known as theGutob language .Since the early 1980s the Gadabas have largely been displaced from their villages by the building of hydro-electrict dams and the resulting lakes.
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*http://www.india9.com/i9show/Gadabas-29991.htm
*http://books.google.com/books?id=aRSOnRfPAq0C&pg=PA82&lpg=PA82&dq=Gadabas&source=web&ots=mWLLhTSjOj&sig=eKfFH__5D8-mLCk7MzBBDy3pv6I&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=result
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