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Toda cultural history – Tamil Nadu

THE TODA AND CULTURE HISTORY: SOME REFLECTIONS FROM A DRAVIDIAN TRIBE OF NILGIRI HILLS Jakka Parthasarathy Key Words: Cultural relativism, Tamil Language, Acculturation, Culture Core Culture history is a perspective developed by anthropologists whose common concern is the inference of … Continue reading

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Tribals’ day out in Udhagamandalam (Ooty) – Tamil Nadu

D. Radhakrishnan, The Hindu, Udhagamandalam, February 14, 2012 Responding to an invitation extended by the local station of the All India Radio and Coimbatore Doordarshan, dance and music troupes of different tribal communities — Todas, Kotas, Paniyas, Irulas, Kurumbas and Kaatunaikers … Continue reading

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The Todas, their cultural traditions and the Nilgiri biosphere (Tamil Nadu)

Dharmalingam Venugopal (Honorary Director of Nilgiri Documentation Centre) writes in The Hindu, September 17, 2011: The Todas and the Kotas of the Nilgiris have managed to preserve their strikingly unique culture in the face of relentless development. [...] The World Heritage … Continue reading

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Toda embroidery, an ancient art – Nilgiri (Tamil Nadu)

Toda community forays into reviving traditional art by Gayathri V Raj, Deccan Herald, Sunday 11 December 2011 [...] The ancient Toda community people are the residents of Nilgiris that means ‘Blue Mountains’, popularly known as Ooty. Nilgiris is the abode … Continue reading

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

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 … Continue reading

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Toda and Kota resources on archive.org – Nilgiri (South India)

Example: one of several resources found by typing “Nilgiri” in the archive.org Search window Anthropology of the Todas and Kotas of the Nilgiri Hills : and of the Bráhmans, Kammálans, Pallis, and Pariahs of Madras City (1896) Author: Thurston, Edgar, 1855-1935 Subject: … Continue reading

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Supreme Court – India a country of old immigrants, tribals’ higher level of ethics

  India, largely a country of immigrants Opinion » Op-Ed, January 12, 2011 A Supreme Court judgment projects the historical thesis that India is largely a country of old immigrants and that pre-Dravidian aborigines, ancestors of the present Adivasis, rather than … Continue reading

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Anthropological Museum in Mysore – Karnataka

Anthropological Museum Manav Bhawan, Bogadi Mysore, Karnataka Anthropological Survey of India www.ansi.gov.in The Anthropological Museum is a treasure trove of objects and weapons used by the South Indian communities, primarily the tribal communities, of India. Established in 1965 by the … Continue reading

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Toda cultural heritage and education – Nilgiri mountains

Photographs by Ludwig Pesch © 2011  - View a slideshow of a Toda community >> A visit to the Toda hamlet known as Taranadmund near Ooty makes it clear that for the Toda community, cultural heritage is part of everyday life … Continue reading

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Tribal Development Strategies in India by M.P. Damodaran, S. Sumathi and P. Govinda Reddy

M.P. Damodaran, S. Sumathi and P. Govinda Reddy Tribal Development in India The concept of development has different connotations in different contexts. In a narrow sense, ‘it means, change, and progress, either whole or, partial’. There are people with difference … Continue reading

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

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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