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The '''Kalabaz''' are a [[Hindu]] [[Caste system in India|caste]] found in the state of [[Uttar Pradesh]] in India.{{cn|date=July 2020}} They have [[Scheduled Caste]] status.{{cn|date=July 2020}}<br />
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== Origin ==<br />
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The word ''kalabaz'' in [[Hindi language|Hindi]] means an acrobat, and the Kalabaz or nagar caste are an [[endogamy|endogamous]] sub-group within the larger [[Nat (caste)|Nat]] [[caste]] of [[North India]]. Like other Nats, they claim to have originally been [[Rajput]]s, who lost caste after their defeat at the hands of the [[Mughal Empire]]. Those Nats who became acrobats over time evolved into a distinct community. Historically, the Kalabaz were a nomadic community, but have now been settled by the [[Government of India|Indian government]]. They speak Hindi but have their own particular dialect.<ref name="ppi">People of India Uttar Pradesh Volume XLII Part One edited by A Hasan & J C Das pages 673 to 676 Manohar Publications</ref><br />
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== Present circumstances ==<br />
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The Kalabaz are strictly [[endogamy|endogamous]] and practice clan [[exogamy]]. They are further divided into a number of exogamous sub-divisions, known as [[gotra]]s, namely the Bakiya, Dariyabadi, Dibichia, Ghughasia, Goojre, Gulal, Jharbheria, Kala, Kingiriya, Kulba, Marora, Panchiya, Paharia and Sati. The main function of the gotra is to trace descent and to regulate their marriage alliances.<ref name="ppi"/><br />
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The Kalabaz are a landless community, and are still involved in their traditional occupation of acrobatic performances. Many have seen a decline in their traditional occupation, and are employed as day labourers. Like other Hindu castes, each Kalabaz settlement contains a biradari [[panchayat]], an informal caste association, which acts as an instrument of social control.{{cn|date=February 2017}}<br />
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The [[2011 Census of India]] for [[Uttar Pradesh]] showed the Kalabaz, who were classified as a [[Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989|Scheduled Caste]] having a population of 11,199.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/SC_ST/PCA-A10/SC-0900-PCA-A-10-ddw.xlsx |title= A-10 Individual Scheduled Caste Primary Census Abstract Data and its Appendix - Uttar Pradesh |publisher=Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India |accessdate=2017-02-04}}</ref><br />
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== References ==<br />
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[[Category:Indian castes]]<br />
[[Category:Scheduled Castes of Uttar Pradesh]]</div>Ajay Kumar