Scenes from the previous edition of Vishwa Adivasi Diwas celebrations

According to statistics published on United Nations' official website, there are 370 million indigenous people in the world, living across 90 countries, who make up less than five per cent of the world's population. They speak an overwhelming majority of the world's estimated 7,000 languages and represent 5,000 different cultures. These include members of indigenous Indian tribes like Santhal, Ho, Munda, Oraon and Kharia, who migrated from parts of Odisha, Chhatisgarh, Jharkhand and West Bengal post Independence and live in pockets of Navi Mumbai, from Vashi to Panvel.