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Search Results for: Mari Thekaekara
Garden party with the forest people of the Nilgiri mountains – Tamil Nadu
By Mari Marcel Thekaekara, New Internationalist, June 1, 2012 After my last blog, lots of people wrote to me saying ‘we wish we could attend your Chembakolli party too’. Well, I wish you could too. So, the next best thing, I thought … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Childhood, Customs, Ecology and environment, Education and literacy, Health and nutrition, Media portrayal, Misconceptions, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Networking, Nilgiri Biosphere, Quotes, Revival of traditions, Women
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Tip | Tribal culture worldwide: Search newint.org
To read the regular newint.org blog on developments in India by Mari Marcel Thekaekara (e.g. Adivasi culture, environmental issues and women’s rights) and others (i.e. tribal culture worldwide), search here: http://newint.org/themes/society/indigenous-peoples/>> Related posts Democracy Mari Thekaekara (on this website) Misconceptions Modernity Tribal culture worldwide … Continue reading
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Tip | “How to address misconceptions on tribal customs and culture in the classroom?” – Ideas and practices worth sharing among peers and students
There’s much to learn from the positive contributions made by tribal communities on a daily basis. To start with, let’s learn from insiders and others who have dedicated their lives to ensuring that a precious heritage will continue to make … Continue reading
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The Adivasi way of life: Utopian or worth emulating by ‘mainstream’ society? – An ongoing debate
Anyone who has had some meaningful interaction with India’s indigenous or adivasi people, cannot fail to be touched by the encounter. There is a directness in them, an absence of artifice or guile, an almost childlike innocence, born of simplicity … Continue reading →