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Tag Archives: Paniya
“Gardening their way to Good Health”: Reversing tribal communities’ dependence on exploiters sustenance needs – Tamil Nadu
Adivasi communities traditionally depended on the forest for all their nutritional needs. They subsisted mainly on fruits, vegetables, tubers, fish, small game as well as the occasional crop they grew, predominantly coarse grains. However, as time passed and the nature … Continue reading
Posted in Adverse inclusion, Childhood and children, Forest Rights Act (FRA), Health and nutrition, Names and communities, Networking, Organizations, Quotes, Resources, Success story, Video resources - external, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology
Tagged Paniya
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From celebrating “creative communing” to “One World university”: Kanavu, an alternative school for tribal children in Wayand – Kerala
Guda is the celebration of creative communing, in theme as well as in the process. Persons from Paniya, Kattu Nayka and other tribal communities of Wayanad in the Indian state of Kerala got together at the commune «Kanavu» and took … Continue reading
Posted in Community facilities, Cultural heritage, Education and literacy, Film, Media portrayal, Names and communities, Organizations, Press snippets, Quotes, Revival of traditions, Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Storytelling, Wayanad, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology, Women
Tagged Kattunaikka, Paniya
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“We are nothing without the forest, and the forest is nothing without us”: Kattunayakans in the Nilgiris, one of the last few remaining honey gathering communities of the world – Tamil Nadu
Living in the Nilgiris, the Kattunayakans are one of the last few remaining honey gathering communities of the world. Over many generations they have mastered the skills required to tap honey and they take great pride in their knowledge and … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi / Adibasi, Assimilation, Bees and honey, Childhood and children, Customs, De- and re-tribalisation, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Forest Rights Act (FRA), Globalization, Government of India, Health and nutrition, Homes and utensils, Misconceptions, Modernity, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Nilgiri, Organizations, Puppetry, Quotes, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Rural poverty, Southern region – Southern Zonal Council, Storytelling, Tribal elders, Tribal identity, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology, Worship and rituals
Tagged Bettakurumba, Kattunayaka, Paniya
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