Search Results for: Jharkhand

Video | Santal culture in Jharkhand

Posted on 11/01/2023 by website administrator

Background information 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 life of countless tribal communities for thousands of … Continue reading →

Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Health and nutrition, Languages and linguistic heritage, Music and dance, Names and communities, Organizations, Performing arts, Rural poverty, Video contents | Tagged | Comments Off on Video | Santal culture in Jharkhand

Video | Tribal values and mass media – Jharkhand

Posted on 11/01/2023 by website administrator

© Sigrun Schnarrenberger (script, camera, editing). This is a cutout (7:17) of the documentary “Johar Jharkhand” re-edited for the Tribal Cultural Heritage in India Foundation in 2011. | Learn more >>

Comments Off on Video | Tribal values and mass media – Jharkhand

Video | Santal culture – Jharkhand

Posted on 11/01/2023 by website administrator

This documentary focuses on the dilemmas posed by modern developments that undermine the traditional way of life of India’s tribal communities. It is marked by a symbiotic relationship with nature rather than economical considerations. Women still sing Santali songs while … Continue reading →

Comments Off on Video | Santal culture – Jharkhand

Giving a fresh impetus to endangered tribal customs: “Art forms are aboriginal and yet scientific” – Jharkhand

Posted on 05/01/2023 by website administrator

A cultural renaissance of the Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs) of Jharkhand is not a distant dream. In an attempt to prepare a directory of their dying livelihood skills, art forms and forgotten rituals as well as to revive the … Continue reading →

Posted in Crafts and visual arts, Cultural heritage, Eastern region – Eastern Zonal Council, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, Misconceptions, Modernity, Names and communities, Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTG), Photos and slideshows, Press snippets, Quotes, Revival of traditions, Rural poverty, Tribal elders | Tagged , , , , , , , , | Comments Off on Giving a fresh impetus to endangered tribal customs: “Art forms are aboriginal and yet scientific” – Jharkhand

Ethnomedicine: Discoveries through follow-up research of folk or ethnomedical amounting to 74 per currently in use worldwide – Jharkhand & Kerala

Posted on 02/01/2023 by website administrator

How Adivasis of one Jharkhand village are trying to preserve ethnomedicine With ‘civilisation’ and ‘modernity’ having made inroads into India’s tribal areas, its heritage of traditional tribal systems of medicine is increasingly under threat […] “‘Ethnomedicine’, as defined by George … Continue reading →

Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Biodiversity, Eastern region – Eastern Zonal Council, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Ethnobotany and ethnomedicine, Figures, census and other statistics, Health and nutrition, Modernity, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Organizations, Photos and slideshows, Press snippets, Quotes, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Scheduled Tribe (ST), Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Storytelling, Western Ghats – Tribal heritage and ecology | Tagged , | Comments Off on Ethnomedicine: Discoveries through follow-up research of folk or ethnomedical amounting to 74 per currently in use worldwide – Jharkhand & Kerala