Tribal woman standing in traditional dress. Santhal tribe, Hansda (Goose) Clan Hardidhekitand village, Bokaro, Jharkhand, India

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One of the 12 clans of Santhal tribe. Are totemic. Marriage is forbidden between clans. Hansdak ( Goose totem) clan members claim to be of the highest status as they have derived from the name of their clan from first ancestors. Santhals are the largest adivasi (indigenous) community in the Indian subcontinent with a population of more than 10 million and they reside mostly in the Indian states of Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal, Assam and Bihar, and sparsely in Bangladesh and Nepal.

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