Bhil Tribe

What are tribes?

• A tribe is a group of people playing together

• A tribe is a group of people who live together, share the same language, culture and history.

• A tribe is a group of people who wears each others clothes and eat in the same plate.

1. What is the main festival of the Bhil tribe?

• The Bihu fair

• The Banganga fair

• The Baneshwar fair

1. What is the main food of the Bhil tribe?

• Main foods of Bhils are maize, onion, garlic and chili which they cultivate in their small fields.

• Main foods of Bhils are jowar, ladyfinger, potatoes which they cultivate in their small fields.

• Main foods of Bhils are coconut, chili and wheat roti which they cultivate in their small fields.

1. What is the traditional dress of the Bhil tribe?

• The traditional dresses of men are Pagri, Angarkha, Dhoti and Gamchha. Traditionally women wear Sari and Ghagra Choli.

  
  

• The traditional dresses, women wear is sari while the men wear a type of sarong, which could be either a white dhoti or a colourful lungi with typical batik patterns.

• Women traditionally wear salwar kameez, gagra choli, sari and phiran. Men traditionally wear kurta, achkan, kameez and sherwani.

What do the Bhil's use to make colour to make their paintings?

• Tomato or carrot juice, pomegranate peel, red sandalwood.

• Things, like flowers, leaves, roots, and stones are used to make these colours.

  
  

• They use water colours to make their paintings.

1. What was the main occupation of the Bhil tribe?

• Fishing

• Agarbatti making

• Chimata (Agriculture)

1. Which state has the largest population of the Bhil tribe?

• Madhya pradesh

• Andhra Pradesh

• Uttar Pradesh

What is the dance of Bhil?

• Ghoomar and Gair dances

• Manipuri and Kuchipudi dances

• Bharatnatyam and Kathak dances