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katkari and thakur are two very prominent indigenous/adivasi communities whom one could visit and meet in the western ghats of maharashtra. they have been native to southern-west districts like raigad and sindhudurg. katkari adivasi societies have a significant presence in the whole of the western ghats in general.

in the studies of TRTI, it has been found that these communities have continued migrating from forests, hills, and peripheries to newly-settled rural, semi-urban, and urban spaces due to multi-layered reasons. this migration has impacted their visibility in their Adivasi hamlets, also known as 'wadi'. wadi is a native name of a small settlement, usually in forests and/or hills where katkari and thakur adivasi live.

even today, one can see many axiological patterns (consisting of culture and aesthetics) of katkari societies in this region. the adivasi ways of several small indigenous communities have distinct uniqueness. it is predominant in their styles of celebrating festivals and beliefs carried on from generation to generation, except one commonality and that is; all of their cultural and social aspects are fundamentally connected to jal, jangal, and jamin (water, forests, and land).

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