Adivasi
Tribes of SE Asia
Adivasi (Dravidian)
Adivasi societies are particularly prominent in Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu, West Bengal and some north-eastern states, and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.
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(Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand)
The Baiga Tribe is from Madhya Pradesh, in Central India, and are also a very dark-skinned Hamitic-Kushitic people - some with lighter skin, and some with darker...
Young Baiga Women
Baiga Tribal People (above)
Baiga People (above).
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The Bonda (also known as the Bondo, Bondo Poraja, Bhonda, or Remo) are an ancient tribe of people numbering approximately 12,000 (2011 census) who live in the isolated hill regions of the Malkangiri district of southwestern Odisha, India, near the junction of the three states of Odisha, Chhattisgarh, and Andhra Pradesh.
Two Bonda tribeswomen (above), wearing traditional beads, Rayagader, Orissa (Odisha), India.
Two Bonda tribeswoman and baby in traditional bead costume and necklaces wearing contemporary costume, beaded caps and earrings, Rayagader, Orissa, India. They look like any Negritos of the Malay archipelago.
Though many Bonda people have light complexions, many do not...and, aside from the straight hair, the Bonda woman below looks like many of her Hamitic cousins back in Africa...
Young Bonda Woman of Orissa, India (above).
Notice that many of the Bonda people have very dark skin and more Bantu-like features than most of their Indian neighbors...
Bonda tribeswoman in traditional dress with beaded cap, large earrings and metal necklaces selling vegetables at weekly market, Rayagader, Orissa, India.
As many of their Vedda cousins to the South, some also have "kinky" or, "Afro" hair, like the Bonda woman below...
Bonda tribeswoman (above) wearing traditional bead costume with beaded cap, large earrings, nose ring and metal necklaces at weekly market, Rayagader, Orissa, India.
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The Chenchus are Adivasi, a designated Scheduled Tribe in the Indian states of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Odisha.
Chenchu woman (above)
The Chenchu are one of the indigenous tribal peoples of Andhra Pradesh inhabiting over the years in the midst of the forest of Nallamala Hills. They are mostly seen in the districts of Mahboobnagar, Nalgonda, Prakasam, Guntur and Kurnool.
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The Gondi (Gōndi) or Gond people are Adivasi people of central India, spread over the states of Madhya Pradesh, eastern Maharashtra (Vidarbha), Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Bihar and Western Odisha.
Young Gond Women of Orissa, India
Gond women in ceremonial dress (above)
Gond women performing Tribal Dance (above)
Gond People of Orissa, India (above).
You can easily see the mixture of Sinim-Tibetan ("Yellow-Mongoloid") and Hamitic-Kushitic ("Black-Negroid") genes in their facial & skin features.
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The Munda are found across Jharkhand and in adjacent parts of Assam, Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and portions of Bangladesh. The group is one of India's largest tea tribes.
Munda Women of Eastern India (above)
The Munda are an Adivasi ethnic group originating in the Chota Nagpur Plateau region of north-east India. They originally spoke the Mundari language, which belongs to the Munda subgroup of the Austroasiatic languages. The Munda are found across much of Jharkhand as well as adjacent parts of Assam, Odisha, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Bihar and into parts of Bangladesh. This tribal ethnic group is one of the largest tea tribes in India. The Munda people in Tripura are also called Mura. In Madhya Pradesh, the Munda people are often known as Mudas.
Munda children (above). Notice the more "Mongoloid" features.
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See also the following article (at the link below) to read about how the Indigenous peoples of South & Southeast Asia are connected to the people of Nepal (who are a mixture of Tibetans and their darker neighbors to the South):