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Andhra’s Koya tribe faces brewing conflict over sacred Mahua flower

In mid-April, 25-year-old Madakam Janakamma was filled with joy as she started preparations for the naming ceremony of her first child due in two weeks. Towards the end of April, Janakamma delivered a baby girl, but the naming ceremony was held without Mahua liquor, a cultural shock for the family’s Koya friends and relatives. The amendment to the AP Prohibition …

‘Displacement of Koyas, Konda Reddis is forcible partition of tribal family’

CHINTOOR Telangana-based Gussadi dancer Kanaka Sudarshan said the displacement of Koya and Konda Reddi tribes from the Godavari river to make way for the Polavaram irrigation project appears to be a ‘forcible partition of brothers in a family’. Speaking to The Hindu on the sidelines of the 5th National Tribal Dance Festival being organised by the Adivasi Samkshema Parishad here, …

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In a first, food festival showcases authentic Gutti Koya delicacies

In a first, the diversity of the traditional food of the Gutti Koya tribe was highlighted at a food festival held at Ramachandrapuram, a habitation of Internally Displaced People, in Chintoor agency in the Alluri Sitarama Raju district. The one-day festival was held on January 20 under the aegis of Jana Vikas Society, an organisation working on the rights and …

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Eviction threat looms over migrant Gutti Koya Adivasis

An eerie calm pervades this tiny tribal settlement of the migrant Gutti Koya Adivasis as the clamour for their eviction from Yerrabodu grows shriller. ‘Vested interests behind hate campaign’ When asked about the resolution of the Bendalapadu Gram Panchayat to expel them from the area, a migrant tribal youth said, “Some vested elements are behind the hate campaign against us …

6 lakh Koya community in joy after Padma Shri award

Khammam: The six-lakh-strong Koya community in Telangana is enthused over a recognition that came their way as the top civilian honour Padma Shri was awarded to Sakinala Ramachandraiah, a Kanchumelam and Kanchuthalam player and musician. The names like Garikamaraju, Padigiddaraju, Eramaraju, Gadiraju, Bapanamma, Musalamma, Nagulamma and Sadanamma, revered warriors of Koya community in the battle between Kakatiya rulers and Sammakka …

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Koyas seek recognition for Gondi language

People belonging to the Koya tribe on Wednesday observed the Gondi Language Day in the Agency areas of East Godavari district, and sought inclusion of their language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution. The Gondi Language Day is observed on July 21 as per the Delhi Convention - 2018 organised by the Adivasi Samkshema Parishad, the prime body that …