Tribal Culture of Odisha

Religion plays a vital role in the tribal life of Orissa. It aims at ensuring personal security and happiness as well as group solidarity and community well-being. Hence, the life of the tribes of Orissa is one never ending round of music, dance, festival, feast and social gathering related with myths, rituals and ethics. It is an integral part of tribal life. The myths and rituals related to religion, customs, beliefs and traditions forms the core of the culture of the tribal life of Orissa. It provides stability and harmony to their lives. There are three interlinked worlds in which the tribal believe; the world of nature, gods and spirits, and the world of ancestors. In fact, the religion of the tribes of Orissa is an admixture of animism, animalism, supernaturalism, nature worship, ancestor worship, fetishism, shamanism, etc. This book is aimed to focus different tribal culture, its changes and continued.