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KurukhWorld February 14, 2008

It is with great pride and excitement to   tell you  KurukhWorld. Do you know Kurukhs(Oroans)?  Kurukhs are tribal people of Jharkhand, Bihar, Orissa, Chattisgarh and West Bangal, Assam, Andaman and Nicobar island, Tripura, U.P, states of India. They are also found in Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh, Srilanka, Marisus and U.S. countries of the world. Some well educated Kurukhs have got better job in developed countries, as Britain and America and settled there. There are about 90,000 people reside in Dhinajpur, Rangpur, Bogra and Rajshahi districts in Bangladesh.

According to the government record of India in 1977, population of the Kurukh tribes are 20,53,000(Oroan -18,34,000, Kisan – 2,19,000) in India.

About 25 percent of the population are Christians, majority of the educated, have became Christian. The language of the Kurukhs is known as Kurukh, belongs to the Dravidian family , and is most closely related to Brahui and Paharia.

Kurukhs worship different symbols of the nature. Sun is considered only as symbol of God’s glorious power and brightness, they said it ” Beri Belas”. They believe a supreme God, Dharme or Dharmesh exists in the sun.

Karma and Sarhul are two main festival of Kurukhs. Karma festival is celebrated, when the rice is ready for planting out and it is the renewal of vegitation. Sarhul festival cannot be done till the Sal tree gives the flowers for the ceremony. Sarhul is associated with praying for the fertility of land and a good paddy harvest.

To know more about the Kurukhs, visit “KurukhWorld”. It is the website portal. Which is builtt :  (1) to give you, the viewer, an opportunity to have access to the  information, and (2) make this website the definitive internet resource for  Oroan Tribal to enable communication and  unity  among them and share  ideas and views to safeguard,  uplift and boost own  community  and  social life with culture, traditions moral values, language and literature. Your active participation is necessary for that goal to be achieved. We hope you will enjoy your visit and find  information on this site useful.                                  

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