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Video | “We need to learn from tribals”: Vandana Shiva on reviving indigenous knowledge at the “Grandmother’s University” Dehradun – Uttarakhand

An Interview with Dr Vandana Shiva, one of the world’s foremost environmentalist, anti-GM activist and an advocate of ecological farming and sustainable agriculture as a solution to climate change, food …

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Video & eBook | Chakhesang singers from Nagaland

Music video of North East. Duo of Chakhesang singers from Nagaland, north-east India, performing for Wilderness Films India Ltd. at Lodhi Gardens and elsewhere in Delhi.Source: Chakhesang singers from Nagaland! …

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Video | Celebrating local knowledge in the face of ecological destruction

The Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya is spearheading an interactive Museum Movement in India, to celebrate the ‘simultaneous validity’ of various valuable cultural patterns evolved over thousands of years. The …

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Video | Film series on Spectacular India: “The people of Manipur believe that they are the descendants of celestial musicians” – Seven Sister States

Celestial Dancers of Manipur Perhaps the finest surviving example of traditions of ‘Bhakti’ in India, is the ‘Raasa Lila’ of Manipur. Source: ‘Spectacular India’ series film no 10 (Excerpts) – …

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Video | Development starts with community: Bunker Roy (Founder, Barefoot College) – Rajasthan

AddressBAREFOOT COLLEGETilonia-305816, Via MadanganjDistrict Ajmer, Rajasthan, India Source: Barefoot College | Contact UsAddress : http://www.barefootcollege.org/about/contact-us/Date Visited: Sat Nov 09 2013 19:46:25 GMT+0100 (CET) Barefoot College is a non-governmental organization that …

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The dhodro banam: Article on a bowed instrument played by the Santal and its distant relatives – India, Iran, Pakistan, Nepal & Central Asia

Source: THE LUTES OF THE SANTHAL | livelystories.comAddress : http://livelystories.com/2014/06/23/lutes-santhal/Date Visited: Mon Jul 21 2014 21:24:53 GMT+0200 (CEST) Tip: read another article with references by Bengt Fosshag >>Backup file © …

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South India’s largest collection of forestry artefacts: The Gass Forest Museum in Coimbatore – Tamil Nadu

Esther Elias, The Hindu, Coimbatore, July 9, 2012 | To read the full story and view more images, click here >> The Gass Forest Museum located within the 100-year-old TNFA …

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Video | Jun Beel Mela: A fair “maintaining cordial relations among the tribes and non-tribes” (January) – Assam & Meghalaya

Source: National List for Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), Ministry of Culture, Government of IndiaURL: http://www.indiaculture.nic.in/national-list-intangible-cultural-heritage-ichDate visited: 5 October 2020