“Our boys and girls get an opportunity to set their eyes upon each other during the dance of the Dandari. They also get to interact a little before they can mutually agree to take the matter to the next step. […] As per our customs and traditions the youngsters enjoy liberty in many aspects. It is rare that a selection made during the Dandari-Ghusadi [dance festival] phase gets cancelled.” – Patel of Bandeyer Atram Sone Rao (Telangana), quoted in “Adivasis dance their way to a girl’s heart” (The Hindu, 29 October 2016)
https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/telangana/Adivasis-dance-their-way-to-a-girl’s-heart/article16085049.ece
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ARTI S. SAHULIYAR, The Telegraph, Thursday , December 15 , 2011 Ranchi, Dec. 14: Call it the sounds of change. Love it or hate it, folk musicians of Jharkhand are using non-tribal instruments such as the keyboard along with traditional ones such as dhol, mandar and nagada to jazz up their ageless repertoire. Chutia-based Arun Nayak … Read more
A Shrikumar, The Hindu, November 9, 2011 Rajasthani folk show brought Sufi sounds to the city […] For Ustad Zamil Khan’s troupe, last Friday marked the first performance in town. For the students, it was a firsthand experience of Sufi music and folk dance. Rajasthani folk show, organized by SPICMACAY (Society for the Promotion of Indian … Read more
The Odisha government on Saturday [preceding 25 February 2012] announced its decision to regulate the visit of foreign tourists and researchers to areas inhabited by vulnerable tribal groups such as Bondas, Dongria Kondhas and other such communities. “No foreign tourist/researcher intending to visit the areas inhabited and frequented by the particularly vulnerable tribal groups [PVTGs] … Read more
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Amutha Kannan, The Hindu, COIMBATORE, July 28, 2011 On the one hand, the languages spoken by tribal people have only an oral script and due to the non-literary nature there is no documentation of the grammar of the language. On the other, since there is very negligible number of people speaking these languages, they are not even … Read more