Odisha, a state in the eastern part of India has as many as 62 tribes and 8 amongst them are considered as primitive tribes. The economic life of the Primitive Tribes revolve round the forest. Forest nurtures their life its a symbiotic relationship. They collect their basic amenities from the forest and their economic life is interwoven with the forest eco-system. They are perhaps the best conservator of the forest because their life &amp; livelihood depends on the forest produce. 
<p>Amongs the primitive tribe is the Kutia Kondh. 
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The Kondhs are an animist tribe largely hunter-gatherers the biggest ethnic inhabitants of Kandhamal district. The name Kandhamal means the garland of hills where the Kandhas (Kondhs) live. Kandhas, or Khonds, are the original inhabitants of this region.
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