The Bonda (also known as the Bondo, Bondo Poraja, Bhonda, or Remo) are a Munda ethnic group approximately 12,000 (2011 census) who live in the isolated hill regions of the Malkangiri district of southwestern Odisha, India, near the junction of the three states of Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and Andhra Pradesh.

In some extreme circumstances, such as if a Bonda woman is divorced for adultery, the former husband demands double the price that was paid for their marriage.

[5]: 138  The village council determines the severity of the case arrives at a decision based upon the number of cows given back.

However, if a man is the one who caused the wrong which resulted in divorce, he can no longer get married through an arranged marriage system.

When a death or mora occurs, it is custom to sacrifice a cow on the tenth day, a practice also known as “Gaitang.”[5] The chief god of the Bondo people is called Mahāprabhu (lit.

[6] Population growth in the Bonda Hills in India led to forest habitat decrease although there existed a well-balanced ecosystem.

Poverty, however, became a fundamental issue among the Bonda people due to social customs regarding obligatory marriages and deaths, along with myriad other socio-religious practices.

Loans taken even in cash are charged interest rates, and these funds often provide payments for: bride prices, fines, and the performance of socio-religious rites.

Very often the Bonda people are led to debt bondage and are forced to liquidate assets such as: land, trees, animals, etc.

When the Bonda women pleaded forgiveness, Sita gave them a piece of cloth she tore off her sari.

This explains, according to the legend, why Bonda women have shorn heads and wear only a ringa, a length of cloth that covers the waist.

Since Bonda women hunt and forage for food in the forest it is thought that these ornaments have a function of protecting them from injuries and attacks by wild animals.

[11] Bonda women have their heads shaved and adorned with two types of headbands, called turuba and lobeda.

Worn together the turuba secures the lobeda by preventing the beaded headband from slipping off the woman's head.

Bonda women wear metal bands adorning their necks, which are called khagla and are made from aluminum.

This, coupled with rampant alcoholism and their reputation for a quick temper, has contributed to high rates of fratricide among them.

[13] The Bonda have begun to take up non traditional occupations as migrant labourers and as peons and clerks in government offices.

At the present break-neck speed of assimilation, most Munda languages will not survive to the end of this century.

[11] In response to threat of a cyclone on 12 October 2014, roughly 1,300 members of Bonda and Didai tribes living "in different villages under Mudulipada and Andrahal gram panchayats" have been moved to the Tribal Welfare Department which is managed by the Mudulipada Boys High School on Saturday.