Tag Archives: Naga

The dance went on: Adivasi self-assertion and networking during tribal cultural festival in Ranchi – Jharkhand

Posted on 16/11/2012 by website administrator

Mari Marcel Thekaekara (text and photo), The New Internationalist, 13 November 2012 Watching tribal dancing live and up close is a hugely different experience from watching it on telly. For the 40-strong Gudalur adivasi group, recently invited by the Central … Continue reading →

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Collaborative workshops and showcasing storytelling traditions during the 3-day Festival of Indigenous Storytellers 2012 – Darjeeling

Posted on 18/10/2012 by website administrator

The 3rd Confluence, Festival of Indigenous Storytellers, Darjeeling 2012 The 3rd Confluence, Festival of Indigenous Storytellers, 2012 is being organised at Darjeeling and we cordially invite all those who love storytelling and find in it a window to understand the … Continue reading →

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Cultural invisibility – India’s 196 endangered languages (Unesco Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger 2009)

Posted on 25/04/2012 by website administrator

By BASANT KUMAR MOHANTY, The Telegraph, March 3 , 2011 Mind your language! Save dying 100 – HRD ministry plans rescue effort in schools & varsities New Delhi, March 2: The Union human resource development ministry is set to launch a programme … Continue reading →

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Naga woman in a rally organised by Naga Peace Facilitation Committee – New Delhi

Posted on 26/02/2012 by website administrator
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Chakhesang singers from Nagaland

Posted on 12/12/2011 by website administrator

Music video of North East. Duo of Chakhesang singers from Nagaland, north-east India, performing for Wilderness Films India Ltd. at Lodhi Gardens and elsewhere in Delhi. Source: Chakhesang singers from Nagaland! – YouTube Address : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HT9Eo4sQKFc Date Visited: Thu Aug … Continue reading →

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Tribal Politics – adivasi culture, language, and religion in Encyclopedia of India

Posted on 19/07/2011 by website administrator

Tribal Politics The “tribal” peoples or adivasis of India, according to the 2001 census, constitute roughly 8.1 percent of the country’s population, some 83,6 million people, classified under 461 different communities. They occupy a belt stretching from the Bhil regions … Continue reading →

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British educational policy and detribalization

Posted on 11/07/2011 by website administrator

Review by PIYUS GANGLULY SEPARATE IDENTITIES Contesting Marginality: Ethnicity, Insurgency and Subnationalism in North-East India By Sajal Das, Manohar, Rs 795 This book provides an account of the political movements involving the tribal communities of north-east India: the Nagas, Mizos and … Continue reading →

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