Tribal Cultural Heritage in India
Showcasing new initiatives in education
“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.
http://www.vayali.org
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=1972
For in-depth information on a specific community, select the “Sitemap – Names of tribal communities” in the “Search” menu.
Source: Tug at heartstrings of tribal heritage – Obscure Santhal puppetry Chadar Badar gets new lease of life by M. GANGULY, The Telegraph Ranchi, Jan. 6 2011Address : http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110107/jsp/jharkhand/story_13400270.jspDate Visited: Tue …
A scholar pursuing his PhD in Ranchi University has captured the diverse beats of Jharkhand’s tribal dances in an academic study. Titled “Peculiarities of Folk Dances of Tribes in Jharkhand”, …
The Santhal and Nagpuri communities mainly perform the Jhumur songs and dances of Jharkhand. The Jenana Jhumur Dance is a traditional dance of the women of the Jharkhand region performed …
Social activists and policy planners got together here [in August 2011] to listen to the woes of the Kalbelia community, better known by the folk dance form named after it, …
Music video of North East. Duo of Chakhesang singers from Nagaland, north-east India, performing for Wilderness Films India Ltd. at Lodhi Gardens and elsewhere in Delhi.Source: Chakhesang singers from Nagaland! …
Source: “The Hornbill Festival – A Visual Treat”, TBI Photo Essay by Meena Vaidyanathan, The Better India, January 22, 2013 Address: http://www.thebetterindia.com/6631/tbi-photo-essay-the-hornbill-festival-a-visual-treat/Date Visited: Fri Sep 16 2016 18:53:35 GMT+0200 (CEST) The Hornbill …
The Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya is spearheading an interactive Museum Movement in India, to celebrate the ‘simultaneous validity’ of various valuable cultural patterns evolved over thousands of years. The …
Celestial Dancers of Manipur Perhaps the finest surviving example of traditions of ‘Bhakti’ in India, is the ‘Raasa Lila’ of Manipur. Source: ‘Spectacular India’ series film no 10 (Excerpts) – …