Status of Caste Organisation and Its Impact on Tribal Society

International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume IV, Issue III, March 2020 | ISSN 2454–6186

Status of Caste Organisation and Its Impact on Tribal Society

Dr. Usharani B.
Guest Faculty, Dept. of P G Studies & Research in Social Work, Mangalore University, Mangalagangothri Campus, Konaje, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

Abstract:- Today’s situation, the tribal communities are attracted to accept the false set of values brought about by Globalization. The tribes, who live in forest areas and other remote places, have their own culture, customs, practices and religion. The globalisation processes have serious implications for the culture of the tribes. The impact of globalisation on the tribal communities is manifold and often they are ones most negatively affected.
The present study is expressed to understand the tribal clan and class system, to examine the status of tribal caste Organisation, and to analyse the impact of globalisation on their culture. It is based on both secondary and primary data. A fieldwork was conducted in tribal concentrated district like, Mysore in southern part of Karnataka. The areas inhabited by tribal communities of different types of traditional activities like Jenu Kuruba, Betta Kuruba, Kadu Kuruba and Soligas. During the fieldwork, observations were made on present status and reason for changes in social life, religion life and economic life etc. Naturally, in their result, the tribal people realising that their culture is not simply the outdoors, but the total expression of their livelihood and identity. They also had known that their livelihood is under attacks, because in the name of national development they are being deprived of their land forest and water sources to which their culture is closely linked. Tribal communities need to go back beyond the externals of their songs and dances. They must return to value system of their cultures and choose a new set of valves based on it, in order to find relevant alternatives to selfishness which globalisation generates.

Key Words: Tribal Culture, Globalisation, Development, Livelihood and Identity.etc.

I. INTRODUCTION

Culture is the totality of learned, socially transmitted customs, knowledge, material objects and behaviour. It includes the ideas, value, customs and artefacts of a group of people (Schaefer, 2002). Culture is a pattern of human activities and the symbols that give these activities significance. It is what people eat, how they dress, beliefs they hold and activities they engage in. It is the totality of the way of life evolved by a people in their attempts to meet the challenges of living in their environment, which gives order and meaning to their social, political, economic, aesthetic and religious norms and modes of organisation thus distinguishing people from their neighbours.

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