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Category Archives: Customs
Tip | Health and the nutritional value of indigenous grains, seeds and millets: “The tribal food basket has always been diverse and nutritious”
By Damayanti Datta | Read the full article >> Despite designing the world’s earliest and largest schemes on hunger and malnutrition, having surplus grains and food wastage, millions of Indians go to sleep hungry every night. It’s an invisible emergency … Continue reading
Posted in Adverse inclusion, Customs, Ecology and environment, Education and literacy, Figures, census and other statistics, Forest Rights Act (FRA), Government of India, Health and nutrition, Misconceptions, Organizations, Press snippets, Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Rural poverty, Tips
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“Archery is the traditional game of Chhattisgarh”: Youngsters who excel – Jharkhand & Chhattisgarh
Tribal village Siwatarai emerges as archery hub | Read the full article here >> Divya Dubey, Times of India, 27 November 2017 RAIPUR: In the midst of forests, a tiny village in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh has emerged as a hub of … Continue reading
Posted in Central region, Childhood and children, Colonial policies, Community facilities, Customs, Eastern region, Games and leisure time, History, Maps, Names and communities, Press snippets, Success story
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In honour of the inheritors and practitioners of unique cultures, their ways of relating to people and the environment: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 2019 celebrated in the Western Ghats – Tamil Nadu
International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples celebrated by Kaani indigenous people Nagercoil The International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples was celebrated by Kaani indigenous people at Mookaraikal Tribal settlement in Kanyakumari in the Western Ghats. Addressing the tribal … Continue reading
Posted in Accountability, Customs, Ecology and environment, Figures, census and other statistics, Languages and linguistic heritage, Multi-lingual education, Organizations, Seasons and festivals, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology
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Role of sacred groves in adivasi society: Adivasi Munnetra Sangam Gudalur – Tamil Nadu
Role of Sacred Groves and their current status in adivasi societyConservation of natural resources has been an integral part of diverse cultures in different ways. Indigenous communities all over the world lived in harmony with the nature and conserved its … Continue reading
Posted in Adivasi, Community facilities, Customs, Ecology and environment, Education and literacy, Government of India, Health and nutrition, Maps, Networking, Organizations, Quotes, Sacred grove, Success story, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology, Women
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