Cabinet approves addition of four tribes to ST list

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About Hatti tribe:

The Hatti’s are natives to the Tans-Giri region of Himachal Pradesh’s Sirmaur district.
They derive their names from their tradition of selling homegrown vegetables, crops, meat, and wool, etc. at small markets called ‘haat’ in towns.
Hatti men wear a distinctive white headgear on ceremonial occasions as a part of their tradition.
Their settlements are in the basin of the Giri and Tons rivers, both of which are tributaries of the Yamuna.
There are two Hatti clans, in Trans-Giri and Jaunsar Bawar, who have similar traditions, and inter-marriages between the clans are common.
However, Hattis are known to follow rigid caste system with Bhat and Khash as the upper castes, and the Badhois as lower caste, and inter-caste marriages are traditionally considered undesirable.
The Hattis are governed by a traditional council called ‘khumbli’.

Narikuravar or Kuruvikaran are a semi-nomadic tribe, tribe from Tamil Nadu.
Narikuravas speak a variation of the Indo-Aryan language group called Vaagri Booli.
Narikuravars are broadly sub-divided into two sub-divisions: the buffalo-sacrificers and goat-sacrificers.
Narikuravars are said to be the descendants of Romani (Gypsies) people of Europe.
They are said to have originated in northern India before migrating to south India.

The Binjhia also known as Binjhoa,Binjhawar is an ethnic group which have been given ST status in Odisha and Jharkhand but not in Chhattisgarh.
The name Binjhia is derived from the word Vindhyas meaning Vindhya Hills and were called Vindhyaniwasi previously.
The Binjhia tribe are large and homogeneous and do not allow clan exogamy.
They speak Birjia language which is part of the Munda language family and is closely related to the Asuri language.
Most of the Binjhia work as farmers however, the Binjhia have no land of their own, and work on other’s land as hired laborers.

SOURCE: THE HINDU