Asur Community

• The Asur tribe primarily resides in the districts of Gumla, Lohardaga, Palamu, and Latehar in Jharkhand, India.
• They speak Asuri, a Munda language belonging to the Austroasiatic language family.
• Traditionally, the Asur were skilled iron-smelters, practicing metallurgy using indigenous techniques.
• Over time, many have shifted to agriculture, although some are still involved in mining work.
• The Asur community has a traditional council (jati panch) to settle disputes.
• They maintain kinship ties with neighboring tribes like Kharwar and Munda.

Social Structure of Asur Community:

• They live in forest-surrounded clearings called pats, with houses made of mud walls, wooden poles, and roofs covered with paddy straw.
• Asurs follow a religion that combines animism, animatism, naturalism, and ancestral worship.
• Their chief deity is Singbonga, and they celebrate festivals like Sarhul and Karma.
• Marriage is significant, following rules of monogamy with exceptions for barrenness or widowhood.
• Widow remarriage is allowed, and marriages occur within the tribe (endogamy).

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