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Sabar tribals, who completely depend on hunting for food and eat whatever they get in hunting. A kingfisher chick found during the hunting is brought home by a young Sabar child and observed closely while playing with it.
The Sabar tribe
Tribe Sabar
Geography East India
State Bengal
The Sabar people (also Shabar and Saora) are one of the Adivasi of Munda ethnic group tribe who live mainly in Odisha and West Bengal. During the colonial period, they were classed as one of the ‘criminal tribes’ under Criminal Tribes Act 1871, and suffer from social stigma and ostracism in modern times. Also known as Saora, the Sabar tribe finds mention in the Hindu epic Mahabharata, while in some parts of East Singhbhum district mainly in Musabani, they are known as in Kariya.
