In the beautiful state of Himachal Pradesh, there is a handful of tribal communities who have resided in every hook and corner of the region. Due to this reason, very naturally, the famous anthropologists of the Indian subcontinent have thronged the state in order to study various aspects of the life style and tradition of the tribes of Himachal Pradesh. Just like any other tribal communities of the Indian subcontinent, these tribes of Himachal Pradesh too have showed the cultural exuberance. Dancing, musical melodies, festivals, fairs etc bore evidence to it.

By nature, these tribes of Himachal Pradesh too are extremely social and love to make friends with other tribal communities. Majority of these tribes of Himachal Pradesh state belong to the famous Indo - Aryan family group. As far as the physical appearances are concerned, these tribes of Himachal Pradesh also have got identifiable features of that of an Indo - Aryan or Mongoloid.

As far as the occupations are concerned, these tribes of Himachal Pradesh have taken up the occupations including rearing of cattle and also raising of wool. There are quite a handful of tribes of Himachal Pradseh who have adapted to occupations like cultivation and also horticulture.

Dresses that these tribes of Himachal Pradesh wear also are quite exquisite to look at. The male dresses include long coat and woolen pyjama, and also the women tribes of Himachal Pradesh have a woolen sari, popularly known as Dhoru as their attires. Shoes that are made up of wool and goat hair protect their feet.

Although these tribes of Himachal Pradesh fete all the important festivals , these tribes of Himachal Pradseh also have added fervor to the festive season by incorporating their own traditional customs and beliefs

Here is the list of the tribes of the Himachal Pradesh :
Gaddi: Among numerous territories of the Indian Territory, these Gaddi tribes dwell in numerous districts like Chamba, Kangra etc

Gujjar: In the beautiful state of Himachal Pradesh , this Gujjar tribal community have developed the practice of carrying on conversation in numerous languages , namely, Urdu , Hindi and also adapted religion like Islam

Kinnaura : this tribal community is one of the Scheduled tribes of Himachal Pradesh state where most of the people talks in wonderful dialect , namely , Kinnori.

Lahaula : The maximum of the Lahaula tribal community converse in the beautiful language of Pattani which also is famous in their other names including Manchati, Manchad, Patni, Chamba, Chamba Lahuli, Lahuli, Swangla