Topics & issues – Page 290 – Tribal Cultural Heritage in India

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

23/09/201223/09/2012 by administrator

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

Santal musical instrument workshops – West Bengal

10/01/202423/09/2012 by administrator

A workshop for the Santal flute called Tiryo and Murli was held 16th September 2012 at Ghosaldanga near Santiniketan. The workshop marked the beginning of a major effort, namely to actively involve Santali villagers and youths in the revival of their musical heritage. There was much excitement right from the start. The group discussed which … Read more

On equality and sharing: “a truly amazing sight” – Tamil Nadu

03/04/202320/09/2012 by administrator

By Mari Marcel Thekaekara, The New Internationalist, September 14, 2012 Culture is a tricky thing. How do we define it? Who decides when customs and traditions, even ancient, cherished ones, can be dispensed with? These and many other similar questions have been debated by the Adivasi groups we (ACCORD, an NGO in the Nilgiri hills of … Read more

Bee festival and media workshop hosted by Accord – Gudalur (Tamil Nadu)

16/09/202001/09/2012 by administrator

The Jennu Habba – Honey Festival and exhibition drew about 400 visitors. The Vidyodaya schoolchildren enjoyed intensive sessions with the elders of Kattunayakan tribe: It is the honey season and bee hives in the forest are bursting with sweetness. Over generations our people, the Kattunayakans have mastered the skills required to take honey from the … Read more