Asifabad: Rich tributes paid to Haimendorf, Elizabeth

Speaking on the occasion Asifabad MLA Athram Sakku said that the government was striving to realise aspirations of Adivasis

Kumram Bheem Asifabad: Adivasis paid floral tributes to the famous anthropologist Professor Christoph von Fürer-Haimendorf and his wife Elizabeth Bernardo Betty on the 34th death anniversary of the foreign couple at Marlavai village in Jainoor mandal on Monday. Asifabad MLA Athram Sakku and Zilla Parishad chairperson chairman Kova Laxmi were chief guests at the event.

Speaking at a meeting, Sakku said that the government was striving to realise aspirations of Adivasis. He cited the creation of a district, which was named after Kumram Bheem Asifabad. He recalled that funds Rs 3 crore were granted for constructing an irrigation tank for farmers of Marlawai. He advised tribals to encourage their children in studies and added that all hamlets would be provided with electricity soon.

The ethnic tribes including Raj Gonds, Kolams, Pradhans, Thotis, etc belonging to various parts of erstwhile Adilabad district made a beeline to the tiny habitation from early morning. They ceremonially observed the death anniversary by conducting certain rituals at tombs of both Haimendorf and Elizabeth, as per customs of the tribals and playing traditional musical instruments. The participants recalled the extraordinary anthropological work doen by the couple which paved the way for introducing a slew of welfare measures for ethnic tribes. They hailed the couple for detailing the lifestyle, culture, and customs of the tribals with great precision.

Haimendorf had carried out the anthropological study of lifestyle, culture, and traditions of Adivasis inhabiting erstwhile Adilabad, by staying along with his wife at interior Marlawai during 1945 and 56. He was appointed by the then Nizam for finding out reasons for the unrest in tribal habitations following the martyrdom of Tribal legend Kumram Bheem at Jodeghat valley in Kerameri mandal in the 1940s.

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