Tribal Cultural Heritage in India
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Garos are a tribal group from Meghalaya, predominantly residing in the Garo Hills region. Though found in the three (now five) Garo Hills districts, they also reside in the adjoining …
Source: Leave NO ONE behind, The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsURL: https://www.fao.org/world-food-day/about/enDate Visited: 12 July 2022 Inequalities in Health Indices of Adivasis Abstract Despite South Asia’s promising …
Read UNESCO’s concept note for the 2022 celebration >> “When you are leaving 60 percent of the people behind, you cannot have the ambition to be an economic power.” – Poonam …
“The People of Sikkim consist of three ethnic groups, that is, Lepcha, Bhutia and Nepali. Communities of different hues intermingle freely in Sikkim.” – sikkim.gov.in >>
Freedom of religion or belief, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to peaceful assembly and the right to freedom of association are interdependent, interrelated and mutually reinforcing. They are …
The objective of the scheme is to make special efforts to encourage folk and tribal arts and to frame special programmes for the preservation and strengthening of the vanishing art …
Source: “Charming intricacies of Dokra art” by Shilpa Raina, Deccan Herald, August 12, 2015Address: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/494654/charming-intricacies-dokra-art.htmlDate Visited: Fri May 27 2016 20:54:33 GMT+0200 (CEST)
Women move mountainsThe theme of this year’s International Mountain Day (IMD) on 11 December will be Women move mountains.Women play a key role in mountains’ environmental protection and social and …