Kudmi community

In news– Kudmi community has recently demanded Scheduled Tribe (ST) status and the inclusion of their language in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.

About the community-

The Kudumi Mahato are a community found in states of Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha of India.
They are also known as Kurmbi, Kudmi, Kurmi Mahto/Mahato (not to be confused with Kurmi) or Kudumi Mohanta/Mahanta.
The Kudumi were classified as a Notified Tribe by the British Raj under the terms of the Indian Succession Act introduced in 1865 as they have customary rules of succession.
Subsequently, in 1913, they were classified as a Primitive Tribe. Despite being a tribe, they were omitted from the list of communities listed as tribes in the 1931 census.
Again, they were omitted from the Scheduled Tribe list drawn up in 1950, for reasons that are unknown.
In 2004 the Government of Jharkhand recommended that they should be listed as a Scheduled Tribe rather than Other Backward Class.
Kurmali is an Indo-Aryan language spoken in Eastern India. Kurmali is generally linked to the Kudumi Mahato (also known as Kurmi, Mahanta or Mohanta) community of Jharkhand, Odisha & West Bengal.
Kudmali is also spoken by the Kudumi people of Assam, and was brought to the tea gardens from Bihar, Odisha and West Bengal.
Chait Parab, Karam, Jitiya, Badna, Tusu are the major festival of Kudmi. They worship Budhabaap in Madapthan and Garam at gramthan. Jhumar and Chhau are their folk dance.