On the Future of Indigenous Traditions - Munin

property. 142 The son will only have the right in his parents’ property as long as he
lives with them; after he gets married he joins his wife’s property and possessions.
The centrality of the community is primary and more important than the equity in the
ownership of its property by its members. In both the cases, the Adivasis of Jharkhand
and of Meghalaya, ownership by a man or woman is a secondary element.
In the following concluding chapter of my thesis, I shall discuss the issues of the
Adivasi in a broader spectrum. As focusing in the earlier discussions on how
Adivasis’ customary systems are representative of their ethnic and cultural identity
but not restricted to ethno-politics. Further I will look into what the real issues such as
the different perspectives of certain groups asking why some groups in the State have
“more privileges” than others being citizens of the same country. From these points
we can find an answer to why the Adivasis are not accepted as the indigenous peoples
of the country.
142 Raja Devasish Roy, REPORT Traditional Customary Laws and Indigenous Peoples in Asia (United
Kingdom: Minority Rights Groups International,2005), 23.
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