Category Archives: Video contents

eBook | Tribal customs, homes and ornaments in South India: Videos and photographs

Posted on 18/02/2022 by website administrator

The Halakki people are scattered across several Taluks of Uttara Kannada district namely Karwar, Ankola, Kumta, Gokarna and Honnavar. Despite exposure to people from the world over some characteristics of their traditional ways are still evident. © Vicky Lakshmanan Contact: +91-9741216491youmailvicky@gmail.comhttps://www.facebook.com/vicky.lakshmanan … Continue reading →

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Tip | How to quickly find video and other contents for educational purposes

Posted on 17/01/2022 by website administrator

To understand India’s tribal or “Adivasi” culture, explore how it is being portrayed in a modern context. Here you find some suggestions to help you to quickly find video contents for educational purposes.  Use the “Search this website” or “Search” … Continue reading →

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Resources for the classroom: Learning from and about India’s tribal communities, their culture and knowledge systems

Posted on 08/01/2022 by website administrator

“[I]t is some of the basic values and ideology imbibed in the traditional tribal socio-cultural milieus that should have been emulated and promoted amongst the non-tribal mainstream, not, as has been going on, the other way round.” Source: ’Who Is … Continue reading →

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Video | Khasi musical heritage of Meghalaya – introduction

Posted on 19/12/2021 by website administrator

Watch a series of short videos portraits researched and filmed by Gayatri Indira Vijaysimha and Dev Narayan Chaudhuri (Tata Institute of Social Sciences Mumbai): young and senior members of the Khasi community who enjoy music making for a variety of … Continue reading →

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Video | Setu “bridge” on Adivasi poet and publisher Jeetendra Vasava belonging to the Narmada region – Gujarat

Posted on 20/11/2021 by website administrator

The clip is called Setu, meaning bridge and features Jeetendra Vasava, a young writer belonging to the Narmada region in south Gujarat. Jeetendra speaks Dehwali, a tribal language spoken in regions of south Gujarat and northern Maharashtra. Jeetendra is a faculty … Continue reading →

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