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The parents negotiate a bride price, after which the wedding can take place. Marriage among Kurukhs is usually arranged by the parents.
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Some Kurukh folk dances are war dances (between two Parhas), Karma dance (Karam dandi), Khaddi or Sarhul dance, Phagu, Jadur, jagra, Matha, Benja Nalna (wedding dance) and Chali (courtyard dance). The Mandar, Nagara and Kartal are the main musical instruments. Both men and women participate in dances, which are performed at social events and festivals. Since time immemorial The Oraon people have a rich range of folk songs, dances and tales, as well as traditional musical instruments. The Kurukh celebrate all traditional festivals of the Chota Nagpur plateau: Sarhul, Karma, Dhanbuni, Harihari, Nayakhani, Khariyani etc. However, many have adopted the local lingua francas, Sadri and Odia, as their first languages. Around half still speak this language as their mother tongue. Kurukh are traditional speakers of Kurukh, which belongs to the northern branch of the Dravidian family. Pahan and Mahato are two main office of Bhuinhari lineage. Khunt has two sub groups: the Pahan Khunt and Mahato Khunt. The major lineage is known as Bhuinhari Khunt. The Kurukh are patrilocal and patrilineal. Raja village has highest social status because headman of this village presides at the meeting of a Parha Panchayat.
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One of the villages in Parha is called Raja (King) village, another dewan (prime minister) village, another panrey (clerk of the village), a fourth kotwar (orderly) village and remaining village are called praja (subject) village. Each village has a village council, member of village council act as the members of Parha council in the headship of Parha chief. Twelve to thirty villages form a Parha council. The public and common meeting place is Akhra where people meet for the purpose of discussion and solving disputes. The traditional informal educational institution youth dormitory is called Dhumkuria. Each has a particular role in religious ceremonies, festivals and solving disputes in the village. In a Kurukh village, the village level political organization is called Parha which consists of post such as Pahan (village priest), Panibharwa (water-bearer of Pahan), Pujar (assistant of Pahan), Bhandari and Chowkidar (watchman). Clans names among the Kurukh are taken from plants, animals and objects. Kurukhs are divided into many exogamous clans. The group is said to have settled in the Chota Nagpur Plateau by 100 CE. According to the 1961 census, a Kurukh substratum is very prominent in Konkani. "Oraon" is an exonym assigned by neighboring Munda peoples, meaning "to roam." Origins Īccording to the Indian Anthropological Society, Konkan is said to be the original home of the Kurukh tribes from where they migrated to the Chota Nagpur Plateau.