Category Archives: Seasons and festivals

Tip | Explore India’s leading periodicals, online journals and portals: Up-to-date information on tribal culture, ecology, education and other success stories

Posted on 25/05/2019 by website administrator

Search tips In the above search window, enter several combinations of search words, regions of India and names while including “tribal” or “tribe” in order to get a good impression of indigenous customs, education, crafts, endangered languages, or rights laid down … Continue reading →

Posted in Accountability, Adivasi, Anthropology, Assimilation, Commentary, Community facilities, Cultural heritage, Customs, Democracy, Eco tourism, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Fashion, Figures, census and other statistics, Forest Rights Act (FRA), Globalization, Government of India, Health and nutrition, History, Languages and linguistic heritage, Media portrayal, Misconceptions, Modernity, Music and dance, Nature and wildlife, Networking, Organizations, Press snippets, Revival of traditions, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Rural poverty, Seasons and festivals, Social conventions, Storytelling, Success story, Tips, Topics and issues, Tribal elders, Tribal identity, Women, Worship and rituals | Comments Off on Tip | Explore India’s leading periodicals, online journals and portals: Up-to-date information on tribal culture, ecology, education and other success stories

The Tale of a Mouse (Chaudhari) – A story from Gujarat

Posted on 14/05/2019 by website administrator

<span data-mce-type=”bookmark” style=”display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;” class=”mce_SELRES_start”</span> Source: Adivasi Stories from Gujarat © Bhasha Research and Publication Centre Vadodara 2017 | For more details, free download link and a map presenting language regions of Gujarat, click here … Continue reading →

Posted in Adivasi, Childhood and children, Customs, eBook download sites, Education and literacy, ePub, Multi-lingual education, Names and communities, Organizations, Resources, Seasons and festivals, Storytelling, Tips, Tribal elders, Western region, Women | Tagged | Comments Off on The Tale of a Mouse (Chaudhari) – A story from Gujarat

Museums in the service of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace: International Museum Day (18 May each year) – ICOM

Posted on 06/05/2019 by website administrator

The objective of International Museum Day (IMD) is to raise awareness of the fact that, “Museums are an important means of cultural exchange, enrichment of cultures and development of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace among peoples.” Organised on 18 May … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropology, Colonial policies, Community facilities, Cultural heritage, Customs, Education and literacy, ePub, Government of India, History, Maps, Modernity, Museum collections - general, Museum collections - India, Networking, Organizations, Press snippets, Quotes, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Seasons and festivals, Success story, Tips, Tribal culture worldwide, Tribal identity, Worship and rituals | Comments Off on Museums in the service of mutual understanding, cooperation and peace: International Museum Day (18 May each year) – ICOM

Heralding social and economic actions: Hunting and food gathering in Durwa culture – Bastar

Posted on 23/04/2019 by website administrator

“Just as hunting is also about territory, the actions of food gathering links Durwa culture to language and metaphor to perceptions in ecology, and gives it a unique vantage from which to view a forest based lifestyle.” | Read the … Continue reading →

Posted in Adivasi, Anthropology, Bastar, Central region, Childhood and children, Commentary, Community facilities, Customs, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Ethnobotany, Forest Rights Act (FRA), Government of India, Health and nutrition, Languages and linguistic heritage, Literature and bibliographies, Maps, Modernity, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Quotes, Resources, Seasons and festivals, Storytelling, Women, Worship and rituals | Tagged | Comments Off on Heralding social and economic actions: Hunting and food gathering in Durwa culture – Bastar

Slideshow | Kokum Harvest in the Honnavar region – Karnataka

Posted on 21/04/2019 by website administrator

We are inviting you to join us for the complete journey of Kokum from Tree to Jar from May 4-8th 2019. We’ll gather at the Angadibail forest house to experience harvesting, drying, preservation, and kokum inspired recipes. We’ll even try our hand making kokum butter using traditional methods. We’ll also fill the weekend with … Continue reading →

Posted in Community facilities, Customs, Eco tourism, Economy and development, Health and nutrition, Maps, Names and communities, Organizations, Photos and slideshows, Quotes, Revival of traditions, Seasons and festivals, Southern region, Success story, Trees, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology, Women | Tagged | Comments Off on Slideshow | Kokum Harvest in the Honnavar region – Karnataka