Baiga
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Baiga is a tribe found in Madhya Pradesh and Jharkhand states of India. The largest number of Baigas is found in Baiga-chuk in Mandla district of Madhya Pradesh. Till fairly recently the Baigas practiced 'dahiya' cultivation, that is, slash and burn. Thousands of squire miles of sal forests have been clean destroyed by them in the progress of their dahiya cultivation, the ground being afterwards occupied by dense scrub of low sal species springing from the stumps. The Baigas are courageous woodsman and hunter.
They practice incest widely.[1]
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