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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Infobox ethnic group<br />
| group = '''Mankidia''' <br />
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| total = 2,222 (2011)<br />
| total_ref = <ref name="census 2011">{{cite web|title=Census of India Website : Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner, India|url=http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/ST.html|website=www.censusindia.gov.in|publisher=Government of India|accessdate=23 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907212310/http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/PCA/ST.html|archive-date=7 September 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><br />
| region1 = Odisha<br />
| pop1 = 2,222 <br />
| ref1 = <ref name="census 2011" /><br />
| languages = [[Odia language|Odia]], [[Munda language|Munda]]<br />
| religions = Autonomous Tribal Religion <br />
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The '''Mankidia''' (also known as '''Mankadia''', '''Mankidi''', '''Mankirdia''')<ref name="Pati Dash 2002 p. 86">{{cite book | last1=Pati | first1=R.N. | last2=Dash | first2=J. | title=Tribal and Indigenous People of India: Problems and Prospects | publisher=A.P.H. Publishing Corporation | year=2002 | isbn=978-81-7648-322-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qxxnZ4XxUbsC&pg=PA86 | access-date=2019-12-13 | page=86}}</ref><ref name="Panda 2006 p. 119">{{cite book | last=Panda | first=N. | title=Policies, Programmes, and Strategies for Tribal Development: A Critical Appraisal | publisher=Kalpaz Publications | year=2006 | isbn=978-81-7835-491-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y6iSisqgBVkC&pg=PA119 | access-date=2019-12-13 | page=119}}</ref><ref name="scstrti-Tribe-Profile-Mankidia">{{cite web | last=[[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Research and Training Institute|scstrti]]| first=scstrti | title=Mankirdia | website=Home | url=http://www.scstrti.in/index.php/communities/pvtg/113-pvtg/454-mankidia | access-date=2019-12-13}}</ref> are a nomadic ethnic group of India that live in [[Odisha]]. Mankidias mostly live in the [[Mayurbhanj district|Mayurbhanj]], [[Sambalpur district|Sambalpur]], [[Kalahandi district|Kalahandi]] and [[Sundergarh district]]s.<ref name="scstrti-Tribe-Profile-Mankidia" /> According to the 2011 census, the population of Mankidia was 2,222. They are classified as a [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|Scheduled Tribe]] by the Indian government.<ref name="census 2011"/><br />
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==Origins==<br />
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The Mankidia are an ethnic offshoot of the [[Birhor people|Birhor]] tribe. They specialize in catching monkeys (called ''mankada'' in [[Odia language|Odia]]), hence their name was derived from the name that neighboring tribes called them. People believe that their origin is from [[Chota Nagpur Plateau]]. They might have migrated to different parts of Odisha and finally settled in the hilly areas.<br />
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== Culture ==<br />
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The Mankidia are a semi-nomadic [[hunter/gatherer]] community. Traditionally skilled in rope making, catching, and hunting of monkeys, they are often employed by local people to drive away invasive monkeys in rural areas. They move around forests in small bands and stay at different temporary makeshift settlements called tanda/tandia. The tandia comprises a temporary dome-shaped leaf hut known as Kumbhas. They speak a form of [[Mundari language]], and some can also speak Odia.<ref name="Panda 2006 p. 119"/> Each ''Tandia'' is headed by a religious head man called ''Dehuri''. The ''Dehuri'' has an assistant called ''Naya''.<br />
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The Mankidia people's religious beliefs are polytheistic. They believe in many malevolent and benevolent spirits and gods. Their supreme deities are ''Logobir'' and ''Budhimai''. They also worship their ancestors for good health and success in hunting and harvesting forest produce.<br />
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Besides hunting they also engage in making baskets and ropes out of [[Phanera vahlii|Siali]] fiber, [[Eulaliopsis binata|Sabai grass]] and [[Jute]], as well as making disposable plates made out of leaves called ''[[Patravali|Khali]]''.<br />
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==See also==<br />
* [[Tribes of India]]<br />
* [[List of Scheduled Tribes in Odisha]]<br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of India]]<br />
[[Category:Social groups of Odisha]]<br />
[[Category:Scheduled Tribes of Odisha]]</div>Showbiz sportlight