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Tag Archives: Kattunayakan (Kattunaika, Kattunaicken)
“Tribal development so far is mechanical, ineffectual, and vague”: An Anthropological Dialogue on Tribal Development Strategies in India
The concept of development has different connotations in different contexts. In a narrow sense, ‘it means, change, and progress, either whole or, partial’. There are people with difference of opinion regarding development. […] In 1951, the government of Indiahad started … Continue reading
Posted in Anthropology, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, Health and nutrition, History, Literature and bibliographies, Names and communities, Nilgiri Biosphere, Quotes, Rural poverty, Women
Tagged Irula, Kattunayakan (Kattunaika, Kattunaicken), Kota, Panniyan, Toda
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Training and employment opportunities for India’s tribal youth: A round-up of recent initiatives and press reports – Kerala, Rajasthan & Telangana
At a time when most art forms of the Scheduled Tribes in the country have faded into oblivion, the Kerala Institute for Research, Training and Development Studies of Scheduled Castes and Tribes (KIRTADS) in Kozhikode is on a mission to revive and … Continue reading
Posted in Childhood, Community facilities, Crafts and visual arts, Cultural heritage, Dress and ornaments, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Fashion and design, Gandhian social movement, Government of India, Languages and linguistic heritage, Modernity, Music and dance, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Networking, Organizations, Performing arts, Press snippets, Revival of traditions, Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Trees, Wayanad, Western region – Western Zonal Council, Women
Tagged Bhil, Kattunayakan (Kattunaika, Kattunaicken)
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Scheduled Tribes – Kerala
Tribals in Kerala (known in Malayalam as the Adivasis) are the tribal population found in the Indian state of Kerala. Most of the tribals of Kerala live in the forests and mountains of Western Ghats, bordering Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Anthropology, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, Names and communities, Quotes, Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Western Ghats – Tribal heritage and ecology
Tagged Adiyan, Aranda (Arandan), Cholanaickan, Eravallan, Irulan, Irular, Kadar, Kanikar, Kanikkara, Karavazhi Pulayan, Karimpalan, Kattunayakan (Kattunaika, Kattunaicken), Kochuvelan, Konga Malayan, Koraga, Kudiya, Kurichchan (Kurichiyan), Kuruman, Kurumba (Kurumban), Kurumba Pulayan, Mahamalasar, Mala Kuruman, Mala Pulayan (Hill Pulaya, Mala Vettuvan, Malai Arayan (Mala Arayan), Malai Pandaran, Malai Vedan (Mala Vedan), Malakkuravan, Malapanickar, Malasar, Malayan, Malayarayar, Mannan, Mavilan, Melakudi (Kudiya), Moopan, Mudugar, Muduvan, Mullu Kuruman (Mulla Kuruman), Muthuvan, Nattu Malayan, Paliyar, Palleyan, Palliya, Palliyan, Pamba, Paniyan, Pulayan, Ten Kurumban (Jenu Kurumban), Thachenadan (Thachenadan), Ulladan, Ullatan, Uraly, Wayanad
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“Rethinking tribals”: Articles on Adivasi culture in Folio Special issue
Ever since the Portuguese travel writers and missionaries decided to describe the vast variety of ethnic and occupational groups and sects of the Indian subcontinent in terms of “caste” and “tribe”, the terms have stuck to society as long-worn masks … Continue reading →