Society and Culture Change in the Tribal Peoples of Jharkhand, India

The present study is based on secondary sources and qualitative methods along with historical and anthropological approaches for the study of society and culture changes among the Tribal peoples of Jharkhand. Man and society both have been the subjects of study of culture; and in the context of scientifically and systematically detailed study, culture itself is the way of living of man in the society. The patterns of culture in Tribal society is traditionally material culture which is based on co-operation and co-existence amid the nature where there traditional settlements or villages of Tribal peoples have been developed from the time immemorial. Tribal peoples of this land have been lived in the forests, hills and their slops, valleys of hills and rugged areas near riverine or forests which could be easily recognized as their preferences to live isolated from the different culture of peoples. In the case of India and especially in Jharkhand, the society and culture of Tribal peoples of this land had been faced hazardously intrusion by the outsiders and intruders between mid of the 16th century and 20th century who imposed on them new rules and regulation along with the process of acculturation. These whole processes started exploitation and conspiracy to snatch traditional tribal economic resources which were the main causes for making changes in the Tribal society and culture; and these processes of making changes in Tribal society and culture are continuingly still going on and on. In the present study, the researcher will focus in detailed on the above mentioned matters under the proposed title of this research paper.