Tribal identity

“While benefiting from affirmative action in some cases, Adivasis or indigenous people in India also feel the claustrophobic confines of their identity which has been imposed on them by others, be it the colonial administrator, the colonial anthropologist, the missionary or the neo-liberal, neo-imperialist forces that rule global economy today.” – Santali poet, scholar and translator Ivy Imogene Hansdak  in “Is tribal identity relevant in today’s world?”, Inaugural Speech, National Conference “Tribes In Transition-II: Reaffirming Indigenous Identity Through Narrative” (2017)
https://indiantribalheritage.org/?p=23032

Adivasi Cultural Mela in Bangalore – celebrating diversity of tribal culture in honour of Birsa Munda

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Source: “Diversity of tribal culture on display at Adivasi Cultural Mela”, The Hindu, 16 November 2011Address : https://www.thehindu.com/news/states/karnataka/article2630703.eceDate Visited: Sat Nov 19 2011 11:40:45 GMT+0100 (CET)

Inspired by tribal ways – Tribal Beats inter-collegiate fest at Bangalore

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Deccan Herald (Bangalore), Wednesday 16 November 2011 Many colleges from the City took part in the annual inter-collegiate fest of Bishop Cotton Women’s Christian College Disha — Tribal Beats, the annual inter-collegiate festival […] With the theme being tribal, six colleges took part in the fashion show including the host college, BCWCC itself. The event … Read more

Wesanthals E-Group – a portal for Santals

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Santals are the largest adivasi (indigenous) community in the Indian subcontinent with a population of more than 10 million, and they  reside  mostly in the Indian states of Jharkhand, Orissa, West Bengal, Assam and Bihar, and sparsely in Bangladesh and Nepal. Here, you will learn more about our culture, religion, language and our script, Ol … Read more

Songs that created an emotional bridge between the tribes of Arunachal and the people of Assam

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Itanagar, November 6, 2011

People pay homage in front of a statue of legendary singer Bhupen Hazarika in Guwahati on Saturday.

Arunachal Pradesh on Sunday mourned the demise of noted singer-composer Bhupen Hazarika, who was emotionally attached with the state in its cultural evolution, with Chief Minister Nabam Tuki describing him as a “great friend and guide”. […]

Arunachal Pradesh Literary Society (APLS) also expressed shock on the demise of Hazarika who had composed many songs reflecting the true natural beauty of the hill state. […]

Hazarika had produced, directed, and composed the music for the state’s first Hindi feature film in colour ‘Meri Maa Mera Dharam’ in 1977.

He also directed a colour documentary for the Arunachal Pradesh government on tribal folk songs and dances entitled ’For Whom The Sun Shines’ in 1974.

In 1977, the state government had awarded him a gold medal for his outstanding contribution towards tribal welfare, and uplift of tribal culture through cinema and music.

His songs like the ‘Siangor Galong’ (1961) and ‘Tirap Himantor’ (1966) created an emotional bridge between the tribes of Arunachal and the people of Assam.

Source: The Hindu : Arts / Music : Arunachal Pradesh mourns Hazarika’s death
Address : http://www.thehindu.com/arts/music/article2603749.ece?homepage=true
Date Visited: Sun Nov 06 2011 13:49:17 GMT+0100 (CET)

Born in 1926, in Sadiya, Assam, Hazarika studied in Guwahati and Banaras Hindu University before going on to receive a Ph.D in mass communications at Columbia University in New York in 1952. His thesis was on the use of cinema for mass education – he had himself sung for Jyotiprasada Agarwala’s 1939 film, Indramalati, as a child – and it was to the movies that he returned. Closely associated with the emergence and flowering of Assamese cinema as a singer, composer, producer and director, Hazarika also strived to encourage the arts throughout the North-east.

Read more in The Hindu, MUMBAI, November 5, 2011:
The unsung genius of Assam’s balladeer – Bhupen Hazarika (1926-2011) >>

 

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