Dambaru Sisa

The Bonda Tribe's Socio-Cultural System and Change Dambaru Sisa

To write and study on the Bonda tribal community are so difficult, because the Bonda habitat is almost secluded or relatively isolated, eco-inhospitable and inaccessible, and the language is the main barrier for outsiders. Some limited references about the community are available in the stores. Some limited researchers and ethnographers studied on this community and gave some valuable information about them. Varrier Elwin (1950) may be admired as the philanthropologist who through his valuable data produces a monograph on the Bondo Highlanders. He gave the details of social organisation, socio-economic, socio-cultural life, and magico-religious life about the Bonda community. The book is specially written for the Bonda community and the title of the book is "The Bonda tribes, socio-cultural system and change," in which it is mentioned that the Bonda tribal society is in a state of change. They are experiencing socio-cultural change in their lifestyle, aspiration and value orientation. Planned and development intervention for the tribal people over halfa century and more specifically micro-level efforts for the particular Venerable Tribal Groups including Bondaover nearly three decades have not achieved the desired result, and a hiatus has been created between the expectation of the tribals and achievement by the Government. The development schemes and programmed have to be people-centred, eco-friendly and in consonance with their culture, to make significant dent in their development process.