The
Warli or
Varli are an indigenous tribe of western India there related ethnic groups are Konkani people, Marathi people. living in mountainous as well as coastal areas along the Maharashtra and Gujarat border and surrounding areas. The Warli have their own animistic beliefs, life, customs and traditions, and as a result of acculturation they have adopted many Hindu beliefs. The Warli speak the unwritten Varli language which belongs to the southern zone of the Indo-Aryan languages. Waralis have sub castes such as Murde varli, Davar varali.