A bad place to be indigenous. But Argentina’s ‘original peoples’ are gathering momentum.A clash of dreamsIndigenous Argentinians, disrespected and ignored for too long, are forging new alliances in their quest to safeguard the natural world […]As I draw closer, I see the ramshackle collection of painted wooden structures around which people are gathering. This is Punta … Read more
Publishing house Adivaani, literally meaning the ‘Ancient Voice’, strives at being the authentic adivasi (tribal community) voice, the voice that has mostly been drowned in the dominance of myriad ‘mainstream’ voices – Read more >> Source: Society July 2013 – Raising the Unheard VoiceAddress : https://adivaani.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/society_mag.pdfDate Visited: Mon Jul 22 2013 13:51:09 GMT+0200 (CEST) Sumati Yengkhom, The Times … Read more
The Hindu, Bangalore, January 16, 2013 The culture of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and tribes from across the country come alive through three stores here in Koramangala: Tribes India, Gurjari and Mrignayanee are three government emporiums in the Koramangala BDA Complex that sell traditional design-based textiles and crafts. Together, they provide Bangaloreans with a variety of … Read more
A group of persons representing the ‘Kani’ indigenous community of Kanyakumari participated in an Indigenous Food Festival conducted by the ‘Save the Western Ghats Conclave -2012’ recently at the hill station of Mahabaleswar in Maharashtra. The team’s trip was sponsored by the Tribal Foundation based in Nagercoil. The environmental educator, S. S. Davidson, who led … Read more
The ethnic people of Adilabad no longer wear all their traditional silver even when the occasion calls for it. The continuing change in the lifestyle of the tribal population, especially the one impacting its sartorial customs, has rendered obsolete wearing of heavy jewellery by women. As more and more women from Gond, Kolam and other … Read more