Korwa people

The Korwa people are a Munda, a Scheduled Tribe ethnic group of India.

The Government has implemented several facilities for them, such as roads to their settlements, boys hostels for education, providing agricultural aid, etc.

Previously this involved trimming medium-sized trees, but since the Forest Department became stricter they have cut back shrubs and bushes instead.

To supplement their incomes, the Korwas create supas, rice cleaners made of bamboo.

They are further divided into seven exogamous clans, namely the Guleria, Haril, Huhar, Leth, Munda, Mura and Pahari.

The Hill Korwas live in mud huts with one central room and verandahs around the sides for cooking and sleeping.

The other variant, called a kumba, is a smaller hut, round in shape and conical at the top.

Both men and women get tattooed in places where ornaments are worn - on the wrists, neck, above the breasts, legs and ankles, but nowhere near the back and forehead.