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	BHILS, or BHEELS (" bo... - Online Information article about BHILS, or BHEELS (" bo...
		The Bhils eagerly keep the practice alive, and the right of giving the blood is hereditary in certain families.
		The Bhils of to-day claim to be his descendants.
		The Bhils of pure blood number upwards of a million, and there are some 200,000 Bhils of mixed descent.
	encyclopedia.jrank.org /BER_BLA/BHILS_or_BHEELS_bowmen_from_Dra.html (858 words)

	Bhils - LoveToKnow 1911
		The popular legend of the Bhil origin assigns them a semi-divine birth, Mahadeva (Siva) having wedded an earth maiden who bore him children, the ugliest of whom killed his father's bull and was banished to the mountains.
		The Bhil is a merry soul, loving a jest." The hill Bhils wear nothing but a loin-cloth, their women a coarse robe; lowland Bhils wear turban, coat and waist-cloth.
		The most sacred is that sworn by a dog, the Bhil praying that the curse of a dog may fall on him if he breaks his word.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Bhils (621 words)

	Tribes of Sirohi - Bhils and Grasiya..
		Bhil is the oldest tribe and beside Sirohi District, it is found in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, and Southern part of Rajasthan.
		As far as the their body figure and healthare concerned, a Bhil women is similar to that of Grasiya women but the former is more darker in complexion than the latter The beutiful complexions of both the women purified by their hard labour really seems to be charming and attractive.
		The Bhils who cannot afford to give money, forcefully kidnape the girl and make marriage with her with all the tradition and customs of the soceity and the parents of the girls are informed.
	sirohi.nic.in /trib.htm (2512 words)

	Ram Naam Reforming 'Criminal' Minds of Jhabua Bhils - Article by Dr. Gautam Chatterjee
		The Bhils are recognized as the oldest inhabitants of Southern Rajputana and part of Gujarat, and are usually Kolis, who inhabit the adjoining tracts.
		Yet, Bhils of Jhabua are also known for their valour as these were the people who helped the famous Rana Pratap while in hiding and fighting from the woods.
		From the standpoint of criminology it was ascertained that the Bhil tribal often use Bamboo, bow and arrows and Gofan as weapons to enact crime.
	www.ibiblio.org /gautam/art_0004.htm (3375 words)

	:: Indiabeckons :: India's premiun travel portal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Bhils traditionally inhabited the south eastern corner of the state - the area around Udaipur, Chittorgarh and Dungarpur - although the largest concentrations of Bhils are found in Madhya Pradesh.
		The literacy rate of the Bhils, particularly amongst the womenfolk, used to be the lowest among tribals in India and made them the prime targets for exploitation and bonded labour.
		The "Sahariyas" are thought to be of "Bhil" origin, and live in the areas of Kota, Dungarpur and Sawai Madhopur in the south-east of the state.
	www.indiabeckons.com /adivasis.html (710 words)

	Anatomy of another confrontation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Bhils are at the bottom and Jains and Brahmins at the top of the income ladder.
		Bhils worship the idol as Kalaji Bavji, Brahmins consider it the eighth incarnation of Vishnu, and Jains believe it is Rishabhdeo.
		Bhil youth, unlike their forefathers, are not prepared to take things lying down and the consolidation of their resentment can take any form.
	www.flonnet.com /stories/20070309002903800.htm (1618 words)

	Bhils, Bhil tribals, indian valley, river Narmada, Jhabua in madhya pradesh customs and traditions of Bhil tribals
		Of this son, it is said, came the Bhil tribe, for in time, the ‘offspring of he first born deluge son’ multiplied into a sizeable population.
		Before a Bhil girl attains puberty, she must acquire a chirlya (bird) tattoo, and naina (eye lines), even though the art of tattooing is a painful process.
		Bhil girls have ample opportunity to display their tattoo adornments along with the symbolic significance at the weekly haats (markets) which are held amidst every cluster of Bhil habitations.
	www.indiaprofile.com /lifestyle/bhiltribals.htm (1096 words)

	Rajasthan, NZCC
		The arid climate, the hills and the great plains have shaped the social life in different parts of Rajasthan.
		There are many tribes comprising the Sansis, the Kamaras, nomadic, Banjaras and the Gujjars, the Rathods, the Bhils, the Mina Bhils, the Garasias, the Sehrias and the Rebaris.
		The language spoken by all these is Rajasthani in the form of varied dialects.
	www.culturenorthindia.com /rajasthan/rajasthan.htm (100 words)

	Bhil History \| ema_01_package.xml
		Bhils are a settled agricultural people, albeit with some brigandage in their past.
		In the past Bhils exploited the forest by hunting and gathering and also practiced slash-and-burn agriculture until it was made illegal.
		A few Bhils are Christian and Muslim, though many are Hindu, and are animists who worship Wagh deo, the tiger god, Nandervo, the god of agriculture, or Kalika, the earth mother.
	www.bookrags.com /history/bhil-ema-01 (276 words)

	Bhils: The bow men of Rajasthan
		The Bhils form an important group, which inhabits mainly the southern districts of Rajasthan and the surrounding regions of Udaipur and Chittaurgarh.
		Udaipur is crowned by anointing his forehead with blood drawn from the palm of a Bhil chieftain, affirming the alliance and loyalty of his tribe.
		Leading a camouflaged existence, the Bhils were unable to update their material techniques and this became the main cause of their relegation to the past where they stood as brave symbol rather than a real threat to an enemy.
	www.rextours.com /bhils.asp (381 words)

	Bhils: Landless lords of Dangs
		AHMEDABAD, Jan 17: The Bhils are the most backward tribals of the Dangs district, ``the poorest of the poor'', as a government officer puts it.
		Before the forest leases, the Bhils were known for ``a sturdy spirit of independence and intolerance of any external intereference'', according to the gazetteer.
		The Bhil chiefs met on July 25, 1947, protested against the decision, asserted their ``right of self-determination within the Union of India'', and demanded that the Dangs should continue ``as a group of states in the Gujarat states group and western India states federation''.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/19990118/01851155.html (694 words)

	Lokayan - Seeing and Observing the Real India: The Bhils and the Rajputs
		Both are fighter tribes, however, the Bhils ruled in the forests while the Rajputs owned kingdoms and extracted taxes.
		Here is an account of the relationship between the Rajputs and the Bhils, and the Bhil version of the battle.
		Rana Punja, the Bhil leader, was thus rewarded with half the throne of Maharana Pratap.
	lokayan.blogspot.com /2007/02/bhils-and-rajputs.html (825 words)

	Biocultural Anthropology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In Gujarat and neighboring Rajasthan, the Bhils are recognized by the Rajputs and in British administrative documents as the oldest known inhabitants and they are named in historical references of the area by as early as 600 AD (Naik, 1956).
		The Bhils are incorporated in the tika ceremony, the Rajput accession to the throne whereby the new ruler’s forehead is imprinted by a Bhil with his own blood (Naik, 1956; Unnithan-Kumar, 1997).
		The Bhils were also formalized as village watchmen for the Rajputs in exchange for land-use and there was frequent intermarriage between the two groups in a hypergynous flow of women into Rajput chieftain families until orthodox Hinduism enforced strict caste endogamy (Naik, 1956).
	gladstone.uoregon.edu /~grobbins/project.html (2588 words)

	MP JFM
		Naturally the Bhils fought this displacement and destruction throughout the nineteenth century and during the Great Bhil Rebellion from 1857-60 posed a serious challenge to British rule in the present day western Madhya Pradesh region which was overcome with great difficulty.
		Thus the Bhils have been caught in a cleft stick between the destruction and alienation of their traditional habitats on the one hand and the improper functioning of modern government services on the other.
		The Bhils of the whole western Madhya Pradesh region are simmering in discontent plagued as they are with a serious threat to their livelihoods because of the kind of developmental policies being followed by the government.
	www.panchayats.org /discgroup/dnrm_mpjfm12.htm (3132 words)

	The Singing Bow -by Randhir Khare
		To a certain tribe of Bhils in Rajasthan went the honour of anointing the rulers of Bappa Rawal's dynasty with a smear of blood from a sliced finger.
		Life for the Bhils is a constant round of birth, weaving, planting, marriage and fighting.
		The poems express the robust spirit of the Bhil tribe, a spirit that is rich with legend, folklore, the eternal experiences if birth, sexual adventure, marriage, death and life after death.
	sawf.org /newedit/edit08202001/bookreview.asp (892 words)

	webindia123.com-Madhya Prdesh-Folk Musical Instruments of Madhyapradesh
		The Durbari of the Bhils, that is the Dumri of the Gonds is identical to the Goga Dhol of Dandakaranya.
		The Morchang (jews harp) and the Ghangli of the Bhils are favourite mini instruments of the rural boys.
		The chordophonics instruments are the Tonkya of the Bhils and the Chikara or the Kingri.
	www.webindia123.com /Madhya/Arts/folkinstruments.htm (359 words)

	Resources on the Bhils
		The Bhils are known to have fought against the...
		...and Bihar, orans of Bihar gonds and Bhils of central...
		Bhils are a scheduled tribe in the states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, and Rajasthan in western and central India, as well as in Tripura in far-eastern India, on the border with Bangladesh.
	www.mongabay.com /indigenous_ethnicities/asian/Bhils.html (498 words)

	Tribal : Nandurbar (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Bhils formerly lived in hive-like huts cresting the tops of isolated hills to be crept into for a few weeks and then left.
		The peasant Bhil wears a turban, a waistcloth and a coat and their women have ‘sadi’ with or without a bodice.
		The burial rites for a woman are the same as those of a man. In the case of a child, its father carries the body in his arms and buries it.
	www.indianngos.com /districts/nandurbar/tribal.htm (2139 words)

	Project South Asia
		The Bhils possess the eastern part of the range, and all the branches that run out from it towards the west, as far south as Puna; they even spread over the plains to the east, especially on the north of the Godavari, and are found as far off as the neighbourhood of the Warda.
		These measures soon reduced the Bhils to accept the very favourable terms held out to them; which were to forbear their depredations, the Chiefs receiving pensions, and allowances for a certain number of men, and binding themselves to restrain the excesses of their people.
		The Bhils may also be gradually encouraged to settle in the plains, either as cultivators or as watchmen to villages, a change which would weaken the power of the chiefs by lessening the number of their retainers.
	www.mssu.edu /projectsouthasia/history/primarydocs/Marathas/Territories--1821.htm (16762 words)

	Rahul Banerjee \| Ashoka.org
		Rahul uses language to empower Bhils with a multi-step approach: preserving their age-old traditions, practices, and wisdom through a written language; using this newfound pride in their culture to bring them together as a community; and finally using this sense of community identity to fight for their rights and participate in modern life.
		The Bhils, with encouragement from Rahul waged a decade-long effort to establish Tantia Bhil as a freedom fighter, and in 2000 they organized a march to a monument of Tantia Bhil to commemorate his martyrdom.
		As a result of all these initiatives, the Bhils are gradually becoming a resilient community, socially, politically, and economically enabled to engage with the mainstream on equal terms, aware of and able to demand their rights and serve as active architects of their own future.
	www.ashoka.org /node/2590 (1863 words)

	indiainformation-communitees (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Bhils are living a life or tribals with bows and arrows.
		Bhils are basically charming with an average height of five and a half foot.
		Thakkarbapa established the Bhils Seva mandal, an institution devoted to the upliftment of the Bhil community in 1922.
	www.indiainformation.com /communities/bhil.htm (491 words)

	cl_rj_raj (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Bhil bowmen are mentioned in both the Mahabarata and Ramayan.
		The literacy rate of the Bhils was very low, especially of the women of Bhils, but the situation has been reversed now and one of the Bhil women has even entered the state parliament.
		The Baneshwar fair is a Bhil festival held near Dungarpur in Jan/Feb each year and large number of Bhils gather for several days for singing, dancing and worshipping.
	www.indyahills.com /raj/people/cl_rj_raj.html (553 words)

	Mount Abu India,Mount Abu India Travel,Mount Abu Travel to Mont Abu India,Travel to Mount Abu Rajasthan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The ghoomar dance of the Bhils is an energetic and lively performance while the other is a polite social dance of urban women.
		The Bhil potters mould distinctive clay horses, camels, elephants, tigers and bulls that are then offered to the village deity or to a revered animal itself such as the tiger.
		Set down in the sacred grove that always lies in a secluded spot near the settlement, the terracotta animals are clustered together in a jumble of new and old, all eventually disintegrating and returning to the earth in their turn.
	www.indiasite.com /rajasthan/mountabu (2548 words)

	BHEELS : Tribals
		The Bhils form an important group, which inhabits mainly the southern districts of Rajasthan the generic term, which describes their tribe apparently, derives its name from bil, meaning bow, which describes their original talent and strength.
		Leading a camouflaged existence, the Bhils were unable to update their material techniques and this became the main cause of their relegation to the past where they stood as brave symbol rather than a real threat to an enemy.
		The main source of the income of the Bhils is Agriculture Infrequently they are in indulging in robbery and theft due to poverty.
	www.geocities.com /sirohionline/triba3.html (348 words)

	Kamat's Potpourri: The Bhil Tribe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The Bhils are the third largest tribe in India after the Gonds and the Santhals.
		Bhil villages are generally dispersed, and each village consists of thirty to forty families.
		Bhils also worship crops, fields, water, the forest, and the mountains.
	www.kamat.com /kalranga/tribals/mptribes/bhils.htm (234 words)

	Humanscape -January 2000 - There's no such thing as instant revolution (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		These are issues with which the Bhil masses empathise and for some of which they are even prepared to fight to the death.
		These are far removed from the everyday lives of the Bhils and they have neither the skills nor the financial resources to undertake this kind of work.
		This carefully crafted false and romantic picture of the Bhils has gained such currency worldwide that the forlorn protesting voices of the likes of Vaharu are drowned out by the considerably more strident and established ones of people like Arundhati Roy.
	www.humanscape.org /Humanscape/2000/Jan/h010011t.htm (5100 words)

	Tibals of District Dungarpur (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		What is peculiar about the Bhil death is that on the festivals of Holi and Divali following the death, the women of the family of the deceased cry aloud early in the morning in remembrance of the dead persons.
		Young or old, a Bhil must have a wife and he does obtain one either through a negotiated marriage or through nata or though elopement.
		The fair is held at the borders of districts of Banswara and Dungarpur at Aspur Tehsil.
	dungarpur.nic.in /Tribes.htm (4622 words)

	A communal plot
		The exploits of Motilal Tejawat (1886-1963), who first raised the banner of rebellion against the economic and social exploitation of the Bhil tribal people and later took on the British and their feudal vassals in the region, are legendary.
		Importantly, the Bhils, the Garasias and the Gametis were the original landowners in Udaipur.
		Keshu Lal Meena, who belongs to the Bhil community, said that he was born and bred in Sarada and he had never seen the atmosphere so vitiated.
	www.flonnet.com /fl2119/stories/20040924002903400.htm (2109 words)

	Bhil tribal development - Aktionsgemeinschaft Partner Indiens, and Bhil Health Initiative & Literacy Society ...
		Jhabua district has the highest percentage of tribal population in Central India and is one of the country's poorest regions.
		The Bhil tribe is a proud and ancient ethnic group inhabiting the Western part of Central India with the highest concentration in Jhabua district of Madhya Pradesh State.
		Its members are dedicated individuals who belong to the Bhil tribe and co-ordinate and carry out the programmes and projects on the ground..
	www.bhils.org (269 words)

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