Resources for the classroom: Learning from and about India’s tribal communities, their culture and knowledge systems

“[I]t is some of the basic values and ideology imbibed in the traditional tribal socio-cultural milieus that should have been emulated and promoted amongst the non-tribal mainstream, not, as has …

Teaching Santal children by Boro Baski

Though India is hit hard by the Covid-19 pandemic, our small cluster of two Adivasi villages in West Bengal has not suffered infections yet. We do feel the economic impacts …

Tip | Music traditions of Eastern India: Audio and video gallery by Daricha Foundation – West Bengal

SHOWLI CHAKRABORTY, The Telegraph, Sunday , May 11 , 2014 […] Conceived by Ratnaboli Bose, Project Daricha traces the roots of performing arts like Jhumur and Raibneshe, crafts like kantha and lac …

“Indigenous animation at its best”: Santhal puppetry Chadar Badar – Jharkhand

Source: Tug at heartstrings of tribal heritage – Obscure Santhal puppetry Chadar Badar gets new lease of life by M. GANGULY, The Telegraph Ranchi, Jan. 6 2011Address : http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110107/jsp/jharkhand/story_13400270.jspDate Visited: Tue …

Infusing the Santhali Element in Schooling by Rina Mukherji

[…] “Santhal children are compelled to leave behind the culture they grew up in , whenever they go in for modern education and learning the rudiments of the three r’s. …

Audio | Manasamangal song cycle of the snake goddess, Manasa: A tribal goddess appropriated into the Hindu pantheon: The Travelling Archive – West Bengal & Bangladesh

To listen to the recordings, search for “Manasamangal” and click the play button beneath “Listen to a song from this session” on the Travelling Archive website >> Also visit the Travelling Archive website …

Toda culture maintained in Muthanad Mund and Taranad Mund hamlets (Nilgiri) – Tamil Nadu

The Hindu, July 5, 2013 – Read the full article and view more photos >> K. JESHI visits Muthanad Mund, the fountainhead of the Todas, and discovers some less known facts about the …