Category Archives: Dress and ornaments

“We have forgotten the habit of putting a towel on our shoulder and embroider the end-pieces of our towels but we have not forgotten our childhood friendship.” – Synopsis by Boro Baski for “Bagi kedalang (We no longer do the same)”, a song composed and performed by staff and students of the Rolf Schoembs Vidyashram (Non-formal Santal school, Ghosaldanga village, Dist.-Birbhum, West Bengal), included in the Santali video album “Ale Ato” (Our Village)
https://youtu.be/OU15PO8TFnA
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?page_id=25317

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Tip | Find books on tribal culture and history published in India

Posted on 05/02/2023 by website administrator
Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Bastar, Childhood, Crafts and visual arts, Cultural heritage, Customs, Democracy, Dress and ornaments, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Endangered language, Government of India, History, Languages and linguistic heritage, Literature - fiction, Literature and bibliographies, Musicology, Names and communities, Organizations, Regions of India – Tribal heritage & indigenous knowledge, Resources, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Storytelling, Tips, Topics and issues, Tribal identity, Women, Worship and rituals | Comments Off on Tip | Find books on tribal culture and history published in India

Mahatma Gandhi interested in promoting the Adivasi culture – Adivasi Sanskriti Sangam in New Delhi

Posted on 04/02/2023 by website administrator

To foster a better understanding of the unique lifestyle of tribal communities, Gandhi Smriti and Darshan Samiti is hosting a three-day cultural event of Adivasi communities at Gandhi Darshan opposite Raj Ghat here beginning this Wednesday. To be attended by … Continue reading →

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The unique narrative of shawls worn among 16 major tribes: Reflecting one’s social standing and the younger generation’s changing tastes – Nagaland

Posted on 14/01/2023 by website administrator

ANTHONY KURIAKOSE narrates how each Naga shawl is a thing of beauty, mystery, history and eternal appeal. And how each shawl wraps in its folds, a unique narrative. In the textile history of  India, the warrior shawls of  Nagaland have … Continue reading →

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“Dedicated to preserving and interpreting the rich and unique culture of the indigenous people”: The Ethnological Museum of the Kerala Institute for Research, Training and Development Studies of Scheduled Castes and Tribes (KIRTADS) – Kerala

Posted on 31/12/2022 by website administrator

Source: Ethnological MuseumAddress: http://www.kirtads.kerala.gov.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=46&Itemid=54Date Visited: Tue Apr 14 2015 12:38:35 GMT+0200 (CEST)

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Traditional dress, practices and festivals refashioned – Arunachal Pradesh

Posted on 31/12/2022 by website administrator

Arunachal Pradesh is home to about twenty-five separate tribes and as many languages/dialects in the Tibeto-Burman family. (Despite the descriptive inadequacies of the term ‘tribal’, the alternatives are equally imprecise; ‘tribal’ is a politicised category all over India [Beteille 1991], … Continue reading →

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