- Hill Reddis
The Hill Reddis or Konda Reddis are one of the Scheduled tribes of
India . They live inAndhra Pradesh state. More specifically they tend to live in theGodavari district as it was called during theBritish Raj . Today the area is known as theKhammam district . There are also a small number of Hill Reddis inWest Godavari district andEast Godavari district . [http://www.webindia123.com/andhra/art/art.htm]The Hill Reddis normally speak in Telugu with outsiders.
The 1991 Census of India counted 432 Hill Reddis.
Religion
The Hill Reddis traditional religion does not have the concept of a spirit being inside man. [http://www.adherents.com/Na/Na_305.html] However the Reddis worship dead ancestors, the hills, local gods and accepted
Hindu gods.ources
* [http://books.google.com/books?id=7_p2auliHhoC&pg=PA66&lpg=PA66&dq=Hill+Reddis&source=web&ots=GjGbN1w-YW&sig=GNl9QuYBVwBA6ep75xBJW6NNLQs&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result#PPA66,M1 Godavari District Gazetteer, p. 66-67.]
*http://www.aptribes.gov.in/html/tcr-studies-eci-hill-reddis.htm
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