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🔆The Muthuvan tribe:
✅These people live in the border hill forests of Kerala and Tamil Nadu.
✅They speak slightly different dialects and call each other Malayalam Muthuvan and Pandi Muthuvan.
✅They are animists and spirit worshippers and also worship the forest gods.
✅They believe that the spirits of their ancestors were the first migrants to the hill forests.
✅They are known for coexisting with wildlife with their traditional knowledge.
✅These tribal people follow a unique system of governance called the 'Kani System'.
Under this system, each village is headed by a 'Kani', who is responsible for the administration of the village.
✅They are experts in traditional medicines, which are extremely effective, and the medicine is kept confidentially and passed down through generations.
✅Occupation: Agriculture is the main occupation of these Muthuvan tribes, producing quite a number of products like ragi, cardamom and lemon grass.
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