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Savar Tribe

Amongst the various tribal communities that throng several districts and provinces of Bihar state of India, Savar has truly gained a place of prominence amongst the anthropologists till date.

Although much is not known about the origin of these Savar tribes, the popular is that these Savar tribes have settled down here after migrating from some other place within the subcontinent of India. As far as the language of these Savar tribes is concerned, most of these Savar tribes speak converse with other using the tongue that has a belonging to Mundari group.

For settlement, these Savar tribes have built their villages at the foot hills and that too near the water bodies so that they should not have to face the scarcity of water. Moreover, the houses of these Savar villages are set using various materials like bamboo, wood etc. These are built in a linear style, with the walls inside the house made from mud. Similar to any other tribal community, this Savar family too is patriarchal following the nuclear family structure. Marriage is also an important institution, which these Savar tribes celebrate in accompaniment of several rituals and customs. Pious nature of these Savar tribal people has resulted in developing tremendous faith on several deities. Dharamdevata , also popular as Dharmesh is the principal deity of these Savar tribes . Also the Savar tribes from time to time revere the Mother Earth and also seek her blessings .In order to keep the whole of the tribal society in better control, the Village Panchayat choose the village head man as the "Manjhi` who used to held rent -free land for his various services.

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