Birth reforms in Kudmi society

Abstract

One of the primitive people of India is the kudmi people. People of kudmi caste use the title MAHATA. The population of this nation in 1981 census in India is about 76 lakh. Kudmi people live in the states of West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Bihar, Chhattisgarh in India. There are also kudmi people living outside the country, such as Bangladesh, Marisus, Mayanmar and Malaysia. They have their own language is KUDMALI. They are mainly agriculturists and worshipers of nature. The culture of kudmi society is very old. The still maintain the old culture. In kudmi society, women and children are considered impure after child birth. On the ninth day impure is cut through a ceremony called ‘Latta’. And the baby is nomenclature. In 21 days there is a custom of bathing the mother and child. It is called ‘Ekusha’. At six or seven months they put rice in the baby’s mouth. If the child is teething during the month of zora, ‘Mongra Sinan’ is done to remove the obstruction. In this way birth reformation is observed in kudmi society.