Tip | Map to promote visits to museum collections in India: Tribal customs and art collections

India has many museums and galleries with “tribal collections”. Several of these are shown on a special map seen under the menu Maps. Related posts On this website updates are readily found under two main categories: Museum collections – general Museum collections – India

What it means to be part of the “India Unheard” network – Video Volunteers

Gunjan Singh is a community correspondence for India Unheard. She is from Varanasi. According her India Unheard will be a network of community reporters and here we will discuss different issue and also suggest measures. Source: ▶ Gunjan Singh’s Profile – YouTubeAddress : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdpBY2U66joDate Visited: Thu Nov 06 2014 09:44:15 GMT+0100 (CET) Photo: courtesy videovolunteers.org A … Read more

Sustaining a linguistic heritage: The Bagatha language and alphabet explained on Omniglot – Andhra Pradesh & Odisha

To view the script for Bagatha devised by Professor Prasanna Sree, click here >> Bagatha is spoken in the Paderu, Sujanakota, Karakapalli, Tajangi, Devarapalli and Peddavalasa hills in India by the Bagatha, also called Bhakta, Bhagada, Bogatha and Bhagatha, a Scheduled Tribe numbering 87,994, according to the 1981 Census.. Being expert archers, the Bagatha served the … Read more

Conserving the forest, medicinal plants, woods and wildlife of Bastar: Customs that reflect religious sentiments while achieving more – Chhattisgarh

Rashmi Drolia, TNN | Jun 4, 2014, | To read the full story, click here>> RAIPUR: For tribals residing around Boma hill in Chhattisgarh’s Dantewada district in Bastar, it’s sin to climb or step up on this hill and doing so costs the offender Rs 500. In a unique style to conserve environment and pay respect to … Read more

Tip | Map for museum collections in India: A window to the world for India’s tribal arts and their practitioners – West Bengal

Tips To familiarize yourself with tribal culture in any part of India, click on any of the pins seen on the map zoom in and out on the map by clicking on the + / – control buttons for more options, click the square menu button on the left top of the map the map’s menu allows you to display or hide information by checking … Read more