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After death, the rich section of the Bhumijs generally cremates the bodies of adults, and the poor ones bury them due to cost of firewood. However, the children of both rich and poor are buried. The practice of burial or cremation and observance of death pollution vary a little from place to place. But mourning takes place generally for ten days after which the cleaning and shaving rituals are performed, followed by certain rituals and feast marks the last part of death rituals. At times even the charred bones are kept in an earthen pot and carried to the ancestral clan ossuary for burial.<ref name=":0" /> | After death, the rich section of the Bhumijs generally cremates the bodies of adults, and the poor ones bury them due to cost of firewood. However, the children of both rich and poor are buried. The practice of burial or cremation and observance of death pollution vary a little from place to place. But mourning takes place generally for ten days after which the cleaning and shaving rituals are performed, followed by certain rituals and feast marks the last part of death rituals. At times even the charred bones are kept in an earthen pot and carried to the ancestral clan ossuary for burial.<ref name=":0" /> | ||
They also practice the martial art Firkal, although it has been reduced to a single village among the Bhumij who perform it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/the-martial-dance-of-the-bhumij-still-survives-in-a-little-outback/218791|title=The martial dance of the Bhumij still survives in a little outback {{!}} Outlook India Magazine|website=Outlook (India)|access-date=2020-02-28}}</ref> | They also practice the martial art [[Firkal]], although it has been reduced to a single village among the Bhumij who perform it.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/magazine/story/the-martial-dance-of-the-bhumij-still-survives-in-a-little-outback/218791|title=The martial dance of the Bhumij still survives in a little outback {{!}} Outlook India Magazine|website=Outlook (India)|access-date=2020-02-28}}</ref> | ||
[[File:Firkal slowly decaying martial dance of ChotaNagpur of Jharkhand IMG 1069 01.jpg|thumb|Firkal slowly decaying martial dance of ChotaNagpur of Jharkhand]] | [[File:Firkal slowly decaying martial dance of ChotaNagpur of Jharkhand IMG 1069 01.jpg|thumb|Firkal slowly decaying martial dance of ChotaNagpur of Jharkhand]] | ||