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Ecological References in the Folksongs of the Kurichiyan Tribe of Wayanad – Kerala

Posted on 04/05/2021 by website administrator

Ecological References in the Folksongs of theKurichiyan Tribe of Kerala by Bindu Ramachandran Abstract: This article is on the folksongs of the Kurichiyans, one of many settled agricultural tribes of the Wayanad district of Kerala. Their culture is enriched by a number … Continue reading →

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Future in the making – Kanavu Kerala Culture Club

Posted on 14/04/2021 by website administrator

‘Kanavu’ means ‘dream‘. It is exactly a dream, an initiative of the alternative educational vision of K. J. Baby and his like-minded friends. The inception of the idea can be traced back to Maveli Manatram (1991), Baby‘s novel that was … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood and children, Community facilities, Crafts and visual arts, Cultural heritage, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Film, Games and leisure time, Gandhian social movement, Health and nutrition, Music and dance, Names and communities, Organizations, Performing arts, Press snippets, Quotes, Rural poverty, Video resources - external, Wayanad, Women | Tagged | Comments Off on Future in the making – Kanavu Kerala Culture Club

The “participatory guarantee system” (PGS Organic Council): A renewed effort to sustain the lives and cultures of indigenous communities – Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve

Posted on 29/11/2020 by website administrator

Rich Forests: Making a living under the canopy […] PGS has been received enthusiastically in India and elsewhere. The PGS Organic Council was registered in Goa, India, in April 2011. Since then, the Government of India – under the national project on … Continue reading →

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Welfare programmes and schools functioning under Tribal Welfare Department – Tamil Nadu

Posted on 20/07/2019 by website administrator

Scheduled Tribes of Tamilnadu ADI DRAVIDAR AND TRIBAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT  POLICY NOTE 2018 – 2019 INTRODUCTION:  As per the census of 2011, the population of Tamil Nadu is 7.21 crore [72,1 million] of which Scheduled Castes (known as Adi Dravidar … Continue reading →

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More than 900 medicinal plants are used in both classical and oral health tradition including tribal medicines: Scientists at the Department of Ethnomedicine, Jawaharlal Nehru Tropical Botanic Garden and Research Institute – Kerala

Posted on 13/02/2015 by website administrator

The Hindu, Kozhikode, February 16, 2013 | Read the full article here >> The vitality of different styles of massage practiced by tribal communities across the State, besides the curative use of herbal vapour among them, were on display during a week-long workshop for … Continue reading →

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