People / group

Juang

Also known as Juang people

The Juang are an Adivasi people of the hills of Keonjhar and Dhenkanal in Odisha, India, who speak a Munda language. They long practised shifting cultivation and gathering in the forests, and are now classed as a particularly vulnerable tribal group.

Juang
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Keonjhar State

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APA
The Epoch Institute. (2026). Juang. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/juang
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“Juang.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia, The Epoch Institute, 2026, https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/juang. Accessed .
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The Epoch Institute. “Juang.” The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. 2026. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/juang.
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The Epoch Institute (2026) ‘Juang’, The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. Available at: https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/juang (Accessed: ).

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