India - Orissa - Basati Majhi and his son Ispar

Basati Majhi and his son Ispar, both Dongria Kondh Tribals Kankasarpa village, Orissa, India. The Dongria Kondh are a protected 'Scheduled' Caste of Original (aboriginal) people that practice animism and live a settled rural life. Their deity is a mountain from which a mining company, Vedanta is seeking to extract bauxite which will largely destroy the mountain and the Kondh's traditional way of life.

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Basati Majhi and his son Ispar, both Dongria Kondh Tribals Kankasarpa village, Orissa, India. The Dongria Kondh are a protected 'Scheduled' Caste of Original (aboriginal) people that practice animism and live a settled rural life. Their deity is a mountain from which a mining company, Vedanta is seeking to extract bauxite which will largely destroy the mountain and the Kondh's traditional way of life.