Glorious World Of Santals

The Santals are the largest homogenous tribal group of India who is considered to be the absolute originals of the land.

With a population of over 10 million, they are concentrated in the Indian states of Jharkhand, West Bengal, and Assam. They are also sporadically located in the neighboring countries of Bangladesh, Nepal, and Bhutan in Asia.

Being one of the oldest Adivasi (Indigenous) communities, Santals have their own socio-political, economic and cultural systems for which they have sentimental and emotional links and they practice their rituals religiously even today.

They are endowed with rich and glorious historical, cultural and political heritage. Basic human values, which are the essence of a primary human society like, honesty, simplicity, truthfulness, respect for elders, caring and sharing, co-operation, communitarian life-styles, subsistence economy, human spirituality, collective joy, etc. are still visible in their Society.

Mercifully they are still considered to be a large group of homogenous people who abhor the materialistic world and resultantly the mad race for it.

" Raska" - meaning joy and happiness is the keyword, which truly gets reflected in every sphere of their life.

Being joyous and contented even in the worst materialistic situations, they continue to live blessed with their own simplistic and happy world. Contentment is the basic philosophy of their life.