Adivasi means first settlers in Hindi - India's indigenous people

Tribal people of India

The Bhil people number more than 5 million and live in the Union States of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat

In spring they celebrate the Holi festival with music, dance and a huge fire lit in the first light of dawn

A Bhil village in the Narmada river valley

Statue of a goddess protecting the village agains evil