Category Archives: Museum collections – India

“A museum can be a motivation for the community to move forward towards modernity without abandoning one’s Santal mentality” – Boro Baski, co-founder, Museum of Santal Culture Bishnubati village (West Bengal)
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=21279

ePub | Free catalogue: Banam: One of the ancient musical instruments of the Santals
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=30075
ePub | Free catalogue: Museum of Santal Culture (Bishnubati)
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=24245
https://archive.org/details/Catalogue-Museum-of-Santal-Culture-Bishnubati

The interactive Museum Movement in India works for national integration, “to celebrate the ‘simultaneous validity’ of various valuable cultural patterns evolved over thousands of years.” – Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, featuring the Bastar band on World Environment day- June, 2011
https://youtu.be/1kjPS3rNj-M
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=4300

“It becomes necessary to privilege the oral over the written, and myth over history [and] the established institutions of managing memory stand to gain by the theoretical complexities posed by the Adivasi heritage to the current museum practices in India.” – Ganesh Devy, founding member of the Adivasi Academy at Tejgadh and BHASHA Research and Publication Centre Baroda (Gujarat)

The Academy is devoted to the study of Adivasi history, folklore, cultural geography, social dynamics, economy, development studies, medicine, music, arts and theatre. With its multidisciplinary approach and related interventional measures, the Adivasi Academy constantly strives to create new approaches to academics and social, cultural and developmental interventions.
http://www.adivasiacademy.org

Adivasi Academy & Museum of Adivasi Voice at Tejgadh
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=6304
Museum & Society – A re-evaluation of Adivasi Heritage
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=6335

India’s tribal cultural heritage: An alphabetical journey – Nagaland

Posted on 17/06/2021 by website administrator

“The Dept of Social Welfare, Government of Nagaland was established in the year 1968 with the sole purpose of implementing social welfare schemes. Presently the department is looking after five different ministries [including Ministry of Tribal Affairs].” – Learn more | Govt., NGOs … Continue reading →

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eBook | Toda cultural history (Nilgiri) – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 16/06/2021 by website administrator

Until now, historians and anthropologists believed that Todas, a tribal group in the higher altitudes of the Nilgiris, reached there about 2,000 years ago. A new study by Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru researchers shows the community was already settled … Continue reading →

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India’s tribal cultural heritage: An alphabetical journey – Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam & Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Posted on 07/06/2021 by website administrator

“Andhra Pradesh Tribal Welfare Department is committed for the overall socio-economic development of scheduled tribes in the State through formulation of policies and programs duly implementing the constitutional safeguards.” – Learn more | Govt., NGOs and universities | People’s Archive of … Continue reading →

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India’s tribal cultural heritage: An alphabetical journey – West Bengal

Posted on 24/05/2021 by website administrator

“Chadar Badni often referred to as Chadar Badar is a unique form of puppetry that is practiced by just a few members of the Santal community. Practically extinct among the Santals themselves, it first came to the limelight around 1985, … Continue reading →

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Learn more about tribal communities in Madhya Pradesh

Posted on 11/05/2021 by website administrator

When it comes to protein and calorie counts, milk and bananas do not match up to eggs, particularly for [Madhya Pradesh], where development indicators are among India’s worst: Almost 51% of children under five years of age are underweight, and … Continue reading →

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