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| Studies Kammara |
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| Kammaras are a Scheduled Tribe inhabiting the scheduled areas and adjoining areas in Srikakulam, Vizianagaram, Visakhapatnam, East Godavari and West Godavari districts. They are also called Konda Kammara and Ojas.
Their population as per 1991 census is 44,613.
The total literacy rate among Kammara is 18.08.
Even though traditional occupation of Kammaras of scheduled areas is black smithy and carpentry, most of them gave up their traditional occupation and resorting to shifting cultivation and settled cultivation. |
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| Kammara tribe is divided into a number of totemic clans, which regulate marital relations among the Kammaras. Some of the popular clans are Korra (Sun), Killo (Tiger), Bhallu (bear), Samardi (flower), Pangi (Kite) etc., and their surnames are identical with surnames of other tribal groups in Visakhapatnam district. |
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Marriage by mutual love and elopement, marriage by capture, marriage by service and marriage by negotiations are socially approved forms of acquiring mates. Both levirate and sororate are in vogue. Kammaras eat Beef and Pork.
Kammaras worship Nishani Devatha, Sankudevata, Jakiri Devatha and Gangalamma. They perform festivals like Chaitrapurab, Gangalamma Panduga and new fruit crop eating ceremonies such as Mamidi Kotha, Kandi Koha, Chikkudu Kotha, Korra Kotha, and Sama Kotha. They perform Dimsa folk dance along with other tribal groups.
They have traditional tribal council of their own, which regulates the social life of Kammaras and to settle the disputes.
Kammaras have been living in symbiosis with other tribes of the area. They manufacture agricultural implements and supply them to other tribals of the village and receive cost in kind for their services. |
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