Context: Recently, Gond tribal people living in Panna, Madhya Pradesh have devised their own way to make masks to fight coronavirus.
Tribal people are making masks with medicinal leaves and following traditional ways to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.

About Gond Tribe

• They are one of the largest tribal groups in the world.
• They mostly live in Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Odisha.
• They are subdivided into four tribes, Raj Gonds, Madia Gonds, Dhurve Gonds and Khatulwar Gonds.
• Their staple food is two kinds of millet, which is kodo and kutki. Rice is mostly consumed during festival feasts.
• They majorly speak Gondi which is an unwritten language of the Dravidian family. They have been notified as a Scheduled Tribe.