Regions of India – Tribal heritage & indigenous knowledge

“The Indian subcontinent boasts of a rich and diverse history involving multi-ethnic origins, and this has been established by in-depth scholarship on linguistics, mythology, folklore and anthropology, archaeology, geology, big-history and genetics.” – Ma­nu­raj Shun­mu­ga­sun­daram in “The Dravidian movement and Aryan illusions” (The Hindu, 23 July 2022)
https://www.thehindu.com/opinion/lead/the-dravidian-movement-and-aryan-illusions/article65672119.ece
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=26937

“The idea of creation of Zonal Councils was mooted by the first Prime Minister of India, Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru in 1956 […] ‘to develop the habit of cooperative working’ among these States.” –  Government of India in “Zonal Councils” (accessed 3 April 2021)
https://www.mha.gov.in/sites/default/files/ZCS-CitiCharter-130710_0.pdf
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?page_id=20801

Video | Glimpses of Warli and Konkana oral folklore, myths and legends: An introduction by Tamarind Tree – Maharashtra

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Uploaded on Nov 15, 2009 This video is an introduction to the Oral History Project by Tamarind Tree, Dahanu. It provides a glimpse of the oral folklore, myths and legends of the Warlis and Konkanas – tribal communities residing in western India. Source: ▶ Oral History – YouTube Address : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2w_2vncBMNM&list=PL6F8FF0BA53B5F2D9 Date Visited: Mon Feb … Read more

Living in harmony with nature: Reflections on Warli and Madhubani traditions by artist Sandhya Arvind – Maharashtra, Gujarat and Bihar

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HARSHINI VAKKALANKA, The Hindu, November 4, 2013 | Read the full article here >> It is as though a piece of their world has been brought onto the walls, mounted onto wooden boards to be taken away to the homes of people whose lives are so vastly different from those in the Warli and Madhubani regions of … Read more

Fostering artistic tradition, cultural vitality while sustaining tribal’s livelihood: Anwesha Tribal Arts & Crafts (Bhubaneswar) – Odisha

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Since its inception, ANWESHA has been involved in projects imparting socio-economic benefits to the needy section of the society. A team of young, dynamic and hardworking group of professionals/activists make it possible to reach the poor people in the inaccessible regions and involve them in developmental activities that would benefit them and their region.

Source: ANWESHA TRIBAL ART AND CRAFTS – ORISSA (ODISHA) – INDIA
Address : http://www.anweshaindia.com/research.html
Date Visited: Thu Jan 29 2015 11:56:24 GMT+0100 (CET)

 […] ANWESHA is a state level not for making profit organization challenged efforts to creating employment opportunities for economically disadvantaged craft’s producers in the rural & tribal hinterland of Orissa. It has been working with Crafts Producer groups, spread all over the state to foster artistic tradition, cultural vitality, and also sustain livelihood and community being. It strives to achieve the target goal through product diversification, artisan entrepreneurship and development of fair markets.

ANWESHA, an anthropologist’s plan to uplift the rural/tribal people with arts and crafts; providing the required launch pad for sustainable livelihood in the impoverished tribal area. So far, it has already activated 1271 primary crafts producers and provided sustainable livelihood support to more than to 5000 people, through out the state round, the year through various programmes of alternative income generation. […]

Goal

ANWESHA believes the dawn of another renaissance of Arts and Crafts in the state, where the Artisans flower fully without any outside support.

Last but not the least, is that ANWESHA believes in a Pro-Bono format of tribal life, by helping them evolved a tension free socio-economic existence, on a durable foundation of sustainable livelihood.

Source: Leaflet dated 19 October 2013

To learn more about Anwesha, visit its website here >>

Contact

Dambarudhar Behera
Secretary
Mob: +91-9437749370
Anwesha Tribal Arts & Craft
Plot No- N2/175, IRC Village
Nayapalli, Bhubaneswar,
Dist- Khurdha, Odisha,
India, Pin-751015

Ph. No. +91-674-2557497 / 2557057
Fax No. +91-674-2553637
E-mail: anwesha2k@rediffmail.com
www.anweshaindia.com
www.anwesha.org.in

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JAGWAR Santal Literary Meet 2015 (14-15 February) focusing on “individual and collective memories of loss”: Johar HRD Centre, Dumka – Jharkhand

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“Memory is a tricky thing: it picks and chooses what to preserve and what to discard. Sometimes it is the trivial that triggers the process of remembering a great loss.” – Temsula Ao, These Hills Called Home       Concept Note Last year, Jagwar-1: Santal Literary Meet 2013 had been held with the objective of bringing … Read more

Inculcating pride for their mother tongue in Madia children: Language is more than a medium of communication – Maharashtra

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Samiksha Godse-Amte, The Hindu, April 3, 2013 | Read the full article here >> When an ‘apple’ was shown in a kindergarten class and asked what it was, the question was greeted with silence as the children had never seen one before. But when they were shown a mahua flower; they all came up with … Read more