Kunbi
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Kunbi is a generic term applied to several castes of traditional farmers in Western India. These include the Dhonoje, Ghatole, Khedule, Khaire, Tirole, Masaram, Hindre, Jadav, Jhare, Lewa, Lonari, Tir
A group of Kunbis in Central India, 1916
Kunbis carrying out the dead, 1916.
A Kunbi in ceremonial attire, c. 1865-187
Photograph (1916) of boys with their toy animals crafted for the Pola festival celebrated by the Dhanoje Kunbis.
Kurmi
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Kurmi is a traditionally non-elite caste of tillers in the lower Gangetic plain of India, especially southern regions of Awadh, eastern Uttar Pradesh and parts of Bihar and Jharkhand. The Kurmi came t
Kunbi
…Supreme Court of India ruled that the Marathas are not a sub-caste of Kunbis. Maharashtra's Kunbi community shares links with North and Eastern India's Kurmi. Both are farming communities. Both communities have deep roots in agriculture, with "Kunbi" itself meaning "farmer" in Marathi. The Indian government…
A group of Kurmi women in traditional "Hindustani dress"
An "ethnographic" photograph from 1916 showing Kurmi farmers, both men and women, sowing a field
Another ethnographic print from 1916 showing a Kurmi family employing its beasts of burden to thresh wheat
A third print from the same collection showing the Kurmi family winnowing