“Culture nourishes itself from nature / Without nature, culture cannot exist / without culture, a society cannot” – Vayali Folklore Group’s motto on its journey: “learning the traditional/local Knowledge systems practiced in and around the banks of River Nila (Bharatha Puzha) and share/impart the same to the young generation” through folk art dance performance.
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“The great diversity of music in India is a direct manifestation of the diversity and fragmentation of the population in terms of race, religion, language, and other aspects of culture. …
Several indigenous authors—Easterine Kire, Jacinta Kerketta, Dolly Kikon, Hansda Sowvendra Shekhar, Temsüla Ao, Joy Pachuau, Senganglu Thaimei, Gladson Dungdung, Veio Pou, Kham Khan Suan Hausing, Ngamjahao Kipgen, Hoineilhing Sitlhou and …
https://archive.org/details/cu31924096339464 To learn more about specific items and their usage, type words like “music”, “celebration”, “dance” etc. in search inside. A Santali-English dictionaryby Campbell, A., of the Santal mission Publication date 1899 Topics Santali …
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Formed as an NGO, with an aim to preserve traditional culture and folkore along the banks of the Bharathapuzha in Kerala. Today, Vayali is one of the foremost exponents of …
The original inhabitants of South Asia are known as Adivasi. Their lifestyle is generally marked by a profound respect for nature. It is this sense of harmony that sustained the …