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Toda Tribe - Modhweth Festival
January 12 , 2025
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- The Toda tribe celebrated their traditional 'Modhweth' festival to mark the New Year.
- They are one of the oldest Dravidian ethnic groups residing in the Nilgiris Hills of Tamil Nadu.
- The celebration commenced with prayers at the Moonpo temple, dedicated to the deity Thenkish Amman.
- The Toda people are strictly vegetarian and abstain from consuming meat, fish, and eggs that can hatch.
- The Todas are divided into five clans, namely: Paiki, Pekkan, Kuttan, Kenna and Todi.
- They have their own language, which does not have a script.
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