Author(s):
Rashmi Kujur, Nister Kujur, Sanjay Kumar Singh
Email(s):
rshmikujur50@gmail.com , nister.kujur@yahoo.com
DOI:
10.52711/2321-5828.2022.00024 
Address:
Rashmi Kujur1*, Nister Kujur2, Sanjay Kumar Singh3
1Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Govt. Pt. Shyamacharan Shukla College, Raipur (C.G.).
2Associate Professor, SOS in Sociology, Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur (C.G.).
1Assistant Professor, Department of Commerce, Govt. Pt. Shyamacharan Shukla College, Raipur (C.G.).
*Corresponding Author
Published In:
Volume - 13,
Issue - 3,
Year - 2022
ABSTRACT:
The Hill Korwa is particularly vulnerable tribal group of the Chhattisgarh state of India. their natural habitats are found in Jashpur, Balrampur, Sarguja and Korba districts of the state. on the basis of censes 2011 report, there are total 37195 Hill Korwa tribes are residing in the state in 9046 households (Hand book of Tribal Welfare Dept. Govt. of C.G.). As the Hill Korwa tribe are the primitive tribal group so they can show various characteristics such as first, declining population, second, primitive technology, third, very low level of literacy and fourth subsistence level of economy (Ministry of Tribal Affairs, India), as mentioned in the article 342 of Indian constitution. this paper is basically focused to the cultural works of The Hill Korwa tribe special reference to their traditional treatment and healing procedures. the main objective of this paper is to identify the ethos and edos factors during the treatment process among Hill Korwa Tribe. the area of study belongs to fourteen villages from Bagicha and Kunkuri blocks of Jashpur district and it has been selected through lottery method of simple random sampling. an interview and case study is conducted among Hill Korwa community and participatory observation is also done to witness the way the healers used in carrying out their treatment processes in order to see the satisfaction of the people. the paper basically focused to Sociological theory of Social System introduced by Talcott Parson and Krober's concept about culture which is termed as Ethos and Edos.
Cite this article:
Rashmi Kujur, Nister Kujur, Sanjay Kumar Singh. Ethos and Edos in Traditional Health Care Practices of Hill Korwa Tribe of Chhattisgarh. Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. 2022;13(3):142-6. doi: 10.52711/2321-5828.2022.00024
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Rashmi Kujur, Nister Kujur, Sanjay Kumar Singh. Ethos and Edos in Traditional Health Care Practices of Hill Korwa Tribe of Chhattisgarh. Research Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences. 2022;13(3):142-6. doi: 10.52711/2321-5828.2022.00024 Available on: https://rjhssonline.com/AbstractView.aspx?PID=2022-13-3-4
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