Anthropology / Cultural heritage / Customs / Eastern region – Eastern Zonal Council / History / Music and dance / Names and communities / Photos / Quotes / Sacred grove / Storytelling / Tribal elders / Worship and rituals

The main festival celebrated of the Santal community (December-January): Sorhae “thanksgiving” – West Bengal, Jharkhand, Assam, Nepal, and Bangladesh

Singing and Dancing, a Festivity of Unity By Boro Baski | Translated by Joel Tudu Sorhae is the biggest festival of the Santals. The Santals of Malda, Murshidabad, Dinajpur, Birbhum, Bardhaman …

Accountability / Adivasi / Adibasi / Adverse inclusion and caste / Childhood / Community facilities / Eastern region – Eastern Zonal Council / Ecology and environment / Economy and development / Figures, census and other statistics / Film / History / Misconceptions / Modernity / Names and communities / Organizations / Press snippets / Rights of Indigenous Peoples / Rural poverty / Santal Parganas / Success story / Women

Sensitive documentary about the Adivasis: “Ab Aur Waqt Nahin” (Running Out of Time) by Abhijay Karlekar – Jharkhand

UNTIL the 1990s, when the movement for a separate state gathered momentum, Jharkhand was not in the public mind. Carved out of southern Bihar, it came into being in November …

Adivasi / Adibasi / Adverse inclusion and caste / Assimilation / Childhood / Commentary / Eastern region – Eastern Zonal Council / Ecology and environment / Economy and development / Education and literacy / Ekalavya (Eklavya, Eklabya), EMR & Factory schools / Figures, census and other statistics / Government of India / Health and nutrition / Languages and linguistic heritage / Misconceptions / Modernity / Names and communities / Organizations / Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG) / Press snippets / Quotes / Rural poverty / Tribal culture worldwide / Tribal identity

“They do so not just for themselves but for the larger good of the country and the ecological health of the world”: In support of a syllabus reflecting Adivasi knowledge systems and ways of life

Source: “Adivasis Protest Awarding of World Congress of Anthropology 2023 to KISS” (Forward Press, 23 July 2020)URL: https://www.academia.edu/43929808/Date Visited: 28 November 2020 Mother’s love is unconditional, it is all-protective, all-enveloping; …

Community facilities / Crafts and visual arts / Cultural heritage / Customs / Democracy / Eastern region – Eastern Zonal Council / eBook eJournal ePaper / Economy and development / Education and literacy / History / Languages and linguistic heritage / Literature and bibliographies / Modernity / Names and communities / Organizations / Photos / Quotes / Resources / Revival of traditions / Rights of Indigenous Peoples / Rural poverty / Success story / Tagore and rural culture / Tribal identity / Worship and rituals

Santal village development and social work inspired by Rabindranath Tagore: Visva-Bharati’s Sriniketan – West Bengal

Rabindranath Tagore: adventure of ideas and innovative practices in education by Prof. Kumkum Bhattacharya (Springer, 2014) | Publication details and libraries on Worldcat.org >> About this book This new addition to Springer’s …

Accountability / Adverse inclusion and caste / Commentary / Constitution and Supreme Court / Economy and development / Education and literacy / Figures, census and other statistics / Government of India / Health and nutrition / Media portrayal / Names and communities / Press snippets / Quotes / Rights of Indigenous Peoples / Rural poverty / Seasons and festivals / Tagore and rural culture / Women

Call for “opportunities for development available to all individuals”, not remaining silent on the predicaments of the poorest: Amartya Sen

“Amartya Kumar Sen, who turned ninety this month, was treated just the other day to a pre-birthday joke by the grace of social media. The Nobel Laureate was said to …

Eastern region – Eastern Zonal Council / Figures, census and other statistics / Languages and linguistic heritage / Organizations / Press snippets / Rural poverty / Seven Sister States & Sikkim – North Eastern Council / Tribal elders

Korwa dialect on the verge of extinction – Jharkhand

Source: “Vanishing dialect of a primitive tribe” by SANTOSH K. KIRO, The Telegraph, Calcutta, 28 March 2012Address : http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120328/jsp/jharkhand/story_15297074.jsp#.T8JDjb9DkfmDate Visited: Sun May 27 2012 17:09:10 GMT+0200 (CEST)

Adivasi / Adibasi / Cultural heritage / Eastern region – Eastern Zonal Council / History / Misconceptions / Names and communities / Quotes / Revival of traditions / Santal Parganas / Seasons and festivals / Tribal identity / Worship and rituals

Santal historian Sumit Soren in conversation with Dr. Daniel Rycroft – Jharkhand

30th June is a red letter day for Santhals, 158 years ago [in 2013], on this day the Santhals of Damin-i-koh declared an open rebellion against tyranny and corruption.  It …

Anthropology / Crafts and visual arts / Cultural heritage / Customs / Games and leisure time / History / Literature and bibliographies / Media portrayal / Misconceptions / Modernity / Museum collections - general / Musicology / Names and communities / Organizations / Quotes / Revival of traditions / Storytelling / Tribal culture worldwide / Women

Santal creation myth in “Painted Songs”: an exhibition and publication on Bengali picture-scroll traditions – Zurich (Switzerland)

Painted Songs: Continuity and Change in an Indian Folk Art by Thomas Kaiser (192 pages, 22 x 30 cm, 196 mostly coloured illustrations). Stuttgart and Zürich 2012. ISBN 9783897903661. Note: A major chapter …