Every year, a monthlong ecologically important campaign/festival is held during which certain communities/ tribes plant saplings of fruit-bearing trees. Which of the following are such communities/tribes?
Smart Elimination
Clue from question — An ecologically important month-long campaign/festival. Such a festival suggests organized community-level planting / greening activity.
This matches with communities/tribes living in forested or rural regions with close link to traditional ecological practices, rather than tribes from hills or coastal belts where such organised planting festivals may not be documented.
See out of all these options, Gond tribes are most famous and has a full-fledged community level system. This tribe has to be in your answer.
Option (c) and (d) tribes (Irula, Toda, Sahariya and Agariya) are lesser known to us. Thus there is a chance that they are not a very full-fledged community.
Option (a) tribe are Himalayan tribes (Lepcha and Bhutia). They are more adapted to Nomadic and pastoral lifestyle than planting trees permanently in a region.
Answer Key & Explanation
Answer: BThe correct answer is Option B.
Explanation: The question refers to the specific festival of certain tribes.
- The Gond and Korku tribes (of Central India, MP/Maharashtra) celebrate a festival related to planting saplings of fruit-bearing trees.
- This highlights their ecological connection.
Value Addition
- Gonds: One of the largest tribal groups in India (Dravidian linguistic group).
- PVTGs: Particular Vulnerable Tribal Groups (75 in total). Sahariyas are a PVTG.
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