International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2023: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples globally acknowledges and applauds the contribution of indigenous communities on cultural, social, and economic levels. The day aims to showcase the customs, traditions and sustainable practices of the community. Also, it emphasizes the eradication of challenges faced by these communities to help them with a better life, with this year’s theme, “Indigenous Youth as Agents of Change for Self-determination.”
According to UN Organisation, “Violations of the rights of the world’s Indigenous Peoples have become a persistent problem, sometimes because of a historical burden from their colonization backgrounds and others because of the contrast with a constantly changing society.” So, the day demands for self-determination, Indigenous youth are working as agents of change at the forefront of some of the most pressing crises facing humanity today.
As per UN reports, “There are an estimated 476 million indigenous peoples in the world living across 90 countries. They make up less than 5 per cent of the world’s population but account for 15 per cent of the poorest. They speak an overwhelming majority of the world’s estimated 7,000 languages and represent 5,000 different cultures.”
This article will help you know about the popular tribal communities of Asia, majorly Indian Subcontinent:
Indian subcontinent
Adivasis
The term Adivasi refers to tribal communities in whole found throughout the Indian subcontinent. The word is taken from the Sanskrit language by political activists to give tribal people an indigenous identity by claiming indigenous heritage around 1930.
Dravidian peoples
The Dravidian peoples, often known as Dravidian-speakers or Dravidians, are a linguistic and cultural group that largely inhabits Southern Asia and speaks any of the Dravidian languages.
Badaga: Tamil Nadu, South India
Gond: Gondwana Land, Central India
Irula: Tamil Nadu, South India
Kisan: Indigenous peoples of Odisha, East India
Kodava: Kodagu, Karnataka, South India
Kota (Kothar/Kov): Tamil Nadu, South India
Kuruba: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, South India
Tamil: Tamil Nadu, South India and Sri Lanka
Toda: Tamil Nadu, South India
South Dravidian peoples
Giraavaru: Maldive
Indo-European peoples
According to linguistic reconstruction, the Indo-Europeans were an improbable prehistoric people of Eurasia that spoke Proto-Indo-European (PIE), the origin of the Indo-European languages.
Iranian peoples
Pashtuns: southern Afghanistan and Northwest Pakistan
Baloch: southeastern Iran and southwest Pakistan
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