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What is an Adivasi?

What is an Adivasi? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A member of a heterogeneous set of ethnic and tribal groups claimed to be the aboriginal population of India.
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This has led to their dividing Adivasi communities in the name of religion and they have had some success in bringing them into the Hindu fold.
And the aisle all the way to the door bustled with Adivasi vegetable vendors who squatted with their baskets shifting and moving till they found a comfort zone.
The hills are considered sacred by the Dongria Kondh, an Adivasi community that depends entirely on the area for its economic, physical and cultural survival.
The crowd burst into peals of laughter when a programme was played, featuring Ms. Adivasi as a difficult mother-in-law arguing against exclusive breastfeeding.
Singh, inspector-general of police, said the Adivasi Peoples' Army was suspected of triggering the bomb in the remote state of Assam.
Some of the Adivasi and Janajati groups are highly marginalized and in danger of losing their language, identity and culture.

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