Collaborative workshops and showcasing storytelling traditions during the 3-day Festival of Indigenous Storytellers 2012 – Darjeeling

The 3rd Confluence, Festival of Indigenous Storytellers, Darjeeling 2012 The 3rd Confluence, Festival of Indigenous Storytellers, 2012 is being organised at Darjeeling and we cordially invite all those who love storytelling and find in it a window to understand the disappearing worlds of indigenous communities in their traditional essence through their stories. The 3-day event … Read more

Tribal Food Festival to highlight the food practices of members of the Indigenous Communities of the Western Ghats

The Applied Environmental Research Foundation is organizing a Stakeholders Conference titled ‘Save the Western Ghats Conclave 2012’. The Conclave includes a Tribal Food Festival which will exhibit the food practices of members of the Indigenous Communities of the Western Ghats. Source: Pratyasha Rath, Conclave Coordinator ‘Save the Western Ghats Conclave 2012’, 17 September 2012 (www.savethewesternghats.org) Related … Read more

Revitalizing community based health care system: the Rashtriya Guni Mission – Rajasthan

15 DAY EDUCATION PROGRAM (COURSE) TRADITIONAL SYSTEM OF MEDICINES Rastriya Guni Mission (RGM) trust has been working in the domain of Traditional System of Medicine (TSM) since past 13 years. In order to fulfill its mandate of conservation and promotion of TSM, the trust has discovered and identified more than 1300 gunis in 8 states … Read more

Online exhibition – The National Consortium of Tribal Arts and Culture

The National Consortium of Tribal Arts and Culture created by Bhasha is the single largest digital resource for adivasi art expression in India. AddressNational Consortium of Tribal Arts and CultureC/o Bhasha Research and Publication Center62 Shreenathdham DuplexBehind Dinesh Mills AkotaVadodara 390 007Ph: 0265 2331968Email:nctac@bhasharesearch.org.inwww.bhashaarchival.org

Tip | Explore the video resources produced by Videovolunteers: “IndiaUnheard links rural communities”

Video Volunteers – YouTube channel The tribal girl Almelu was the first girl to complete her higher secondary in her Irula tribal community in the village of Gunavakam. […] Almelu cannot wait to finish her course and she knows exactly what she is going to do once she turns a certified teacher. She sees herself returning … Read more