Tribal Cultural Heritage in India
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“[W]e live in a world of rapid development in the media [and] everyone has different influences from where they live and change in different directions.” – Santali poet, scholar and translator Ivy Imogene Hansdak interviewed by Norwegian writer and filmmaker Audun Nedrelid (The Johar Journal, Vol. II, January-June 2021)
https://joharjournal.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Volume-II-January-June-2021.pdf
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=35277
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As global monoculture erodes cultural diversity, the variety of tribal festivals and rituals is a reminder that humans have diverse insights, different priorities, and choose other – successful – ways …
The Vayali Folklore Group has been awarded Junior Fellowship by the Government of India for the research of Kerala’s bamboo music traditions in 2013. This is a two year programme by …
Nelumbo nucifera (Sacred Lotus) – the National Flower of India. Find out more national and state symbols of India here >> We strongly believe that knowledge is the first step towards any kind of …
Read the full interview here >> Budhaditya Bhattacharya, The Hindu, NEW DELHI, August 30, 2013 Ruby Hembrom on Adivaani and the challenges of publishing Adivasi writing in English On August 8 …
[…] We’ve instituted a small prize of a book, out of love, on the International Day for the World’s Indigenous Peoples, August 9th, 2013. We’re short on what we can …
Click here or on the image for more photographs and information >> Survival’s new photographic gallery features unique insights into tribal festivals held in honor of the lands that sustain …
The book Whose country is it anyway? is Gladson Dungdung’s attempt to tell the story of his people and their struggle. It was published by Adivaani and launched on Feb. 7th 2013 …