Dress & ornaments

“We have forgotten the habit of putting a towel on our shoulder and embroider the end-pieces of our towels but we have not forgotten our childhood friendship.” – Synopsis by Boro Baski for “Bagi kedalang (We no longer do the same)”, a song composed and performed by staff and students of the Rolf Schoembs Vidyashram (Non-formal Santal school, Ghosaldanga village, Dist.-Birbhum, West Bengal), included in the Santali video album “Ale Ato” (Our Village)
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Marketing authentic tribal artefacts in cooperation with tribal craftsmen from every State in India – Tribal Cooperative Marketing Development Federation (TRIFED)

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Handicrafts and tribal arts’ enthusiasts will soon have much to cheer about. Coimbatore will soon get the 30 exclusive ‘Tribes India’ showroom that will offer a variety of tribal arts, crafts, and other products from all over India. […] Inking a memorandum of understanding with TNAU, the Managing Director said the showrooms in other parts … Read more

Tip | Map to promote visits to museum collections in India: Tribal customs and art collections

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India has many museums and galleries with “tribal collections”. Several of these are shown on a special map seen under the menu Maps. Related posts On this website updates are readily found under two main categories: Museum collections – general Museum collections – India

Tip | Map for museum collections in India: A window to the world for India’s tribal arts and their practitioners – West Bengal

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Tips To familiarize yourself with tribal culture in any part of India, click on any of the pins seen on the map zoom in and out on the map by clicking on the + / – control buttons for more options, click the square menu button on the left top of the map the map’s menu allows you to display or hide information by checking … Read more

Apatani tattoos in a global context: A custom that preceded modern fashion by centuries – Arunachal Pradesh

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Sanghamitra Baruah, Times Crest, 12 June 2010, June 12, 2010 Centuries before rockstars and celebrities, tattoos were used by tribal men and women across the world, whether it was the Maoris of New Zealand or the Apatanis of Arunachal Pradesh, to mark out identity and territory. […] While body art is a fashion statement for Michi, … Read more

“The artless beauty of tribal life and times” (Bastar): Interview with photographer Manoj Kumar Jain – Chhattisgarh

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By Sunil Gupta, The Telegraph (www.telegraph.co.uk), 1 February 2010 Photograph: Muria Tribal Boys at the Benur Village weekly market by Manoj Kumar Jain, 2002 Artist and curator Sunil Gupta has distilled the history of photography in India, Pakistan and Bangladesh into a landmark exhibition at London’s Whitechapel Gallery. In a series of articles for the Telegraph.co.uk … Read more