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- Title
Sustainable Growth of Population in Relation to Customary Laws among the Abujh Maria.
- Authors
Sarkar, Amitabha; Dasgupta, Samira
- Abstract
The Abujh Maria, an endogamous tribe, are confined in the Abujhmarh hills of North- West corner of the Bastar district of the present day Chhattisgarh -- an extensively hilly terrain of 5225 sq.kms. It is estimated that the total population of the Abujh Maria is 19250 (1981 Census). The Abujh Maria are primarily penda (slash and burn) cultivators and produce Kosra (a kind of millet). According to their customary law the Abujhmarh hills are under the control of their pen deities who are thought as the actual owner of the hills. Cultivation in a patch of land and the duration of cultivation in a particular land -- everything is decided by the pen deities through various mythical stories which became their customary law and nobody dares to breach the social norm. Not only in cultivation, each and every sphere of the life of the Abujh Maria people including their population control is guided by their customary laws formed through various mythical verdicts of their pens which ultimately help them in smooth running of the life and culture, in such a time when there is a world wide thinking on sustainable development. The present paper attempts to demonstrate how the customary laws help the Abujh Maria people for their sustenance and population control which in present day scenario is a burning issue for sustainable development.
- Subjects
INDIA; CUSTOMARY law; POPULATION; TRIBES; BASTAR (India : District)
- Publication
Journal of the Indian Anthropological Society, 2005, Vol 40, Issue 2/3, p147
- ISSN
0019-4387
- Publication type
Article