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The dhodro banam: Article on a bowed instrument played by the Santal and its distant relatives – India, Iran, Pakistan, Nepal & Central Asia

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Source: THE LUTES OF THE SANTHAL | livelystories.comAddress : http://livelystories.com/2014/06/23/lutes-santhal/Date Visited: Mon Jul 21 2014 21:24:53 GMT+0200 (CEST) Tip: read another article with references by Bengt Fosshag >>Backup file © Bengt Fosshag (PDF, 150 KB): Ganesh [G.N.] Devy in What unites Indians is a love for songs (telegraphindia.com) >> Our historical memory privileges singers – … Read more

South India’s largest collection of forestry artefacts: The Gass Forest Museum in Coimbatore – Tamil Nadu

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Esther Elias, The Hindu, Coimbatore, July 9, 2012 | To read the full story and view more images, click here >> The Gass Forest Museum located within the 100-year-old TNFA has many stories to tell. It hosts South India’s largest collection of forestry artefacts including timber and non-timber forest produce, geological samples, tribal armaments and … Read more

Video | Jun Beel Mela: A fair “maintaining cordial relations among the tribes and non-tribes” (January) – Assam & Meghalaya

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Source: National List for Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH), Ministry of Culture, Government of IndiaURL: http://www.indiaculture.nic.in/national-list-intangible-cultural-heritage-ichDate visited: 5 October 2020

Video | Votive Terracotta of Molela: Cultural heritage sustained by tribal communities – Rajasthan & Gujarat

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Votive terracotta painted plaques produced by the terracotta artisans of Molela is a hand modelled hollow relief of Hindu deities, especially of the neo-Vaishnava deity, Dev Narayan. Dev Narayan is accompanied by his characteristic snake symbol in the plaque. Made from clay, mixed with rice husk and donkey dung in required proportion, the plaque is … Read more

A master of traditional Kurumba painting techniques: Krishnan of Velaricombai village (Nilgiris) – Tamil Nadu

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Source: Making do without blue in the Blue MountainsAddress: https://ruralindiaonline.org/articles/making-do-without-blue-in-the-blue-mountains/Date Visited: 3 December 2021 Learn more about natural dyes >> Rural India — a living journal, a breathing archive The everyday lives of everyday people by P Sainath | To read the full introduction, click here >> Can a project’s success be judged on the basis … Read more