A dimension within Traditional Diet & Health
This theme encompasses the rich cultural heritage, traditions, customs, language, and food habits of tribal communities.
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AI-synthesised pieces woven from many community voices on this theme. They may contain errors or interpretation — they're a reflection of the stories, not a record of fact.
Our tribe is different from other castes because its eating habits and lifestyle are distinct. Its culture, traditions, and customs are different.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Our tribe is distinctly different from others because in our tribe, food habits are different, customs are different, lifestyle is different, and even folk songs and practices are different.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Our tribe is different from others because our language, culture, and traditions are very different from theirs. Our food habits and livelihood are very different from theirs. That is why we are different.
— Laxmi · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
Our tribal community is unique. Our tribal people are distinct because our attire, our cuisine, our lifestyle, and all our customs are different.
— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha
Our tribe is different from other communities in many respects because its food habits, attire, languages, folk songs, dances, and customs are all distinct.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Our tribe is different from others because our language, culture, and traditions are very distinct from theirs. Our food, drink, and livelihood are also very different from theirs. That's why we are different.
The voices in this theme were gathered by these organisations through their community reports.
— Laxmi · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
We are tribals, and our food, drink, attire, dance, and music are different from other tribes.
— Bharati Khandapatra · Mayurbhanj, Odisha
Our customs, attire, traditions, spoken language, lifestyle, food habits, and culture are very different from other societies, which is an identity of the tribal community.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Our tribals are different from others because their lifestyle is different, customs are different, traditional food and drink are different. Musical instruments are also different.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We are a tribal community. Our language and food are different because of our tribal identity.
— Bharati Khandapatra · Mayurbhanj, Odisha
Our tribe is different from other tribes because our festivals, food, lifestyle, worship, and everything else is different. We live our lives according to our own ways; our eating and drinking habits are also different, and we also eat tubers and fruits from the forests.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our tribe is different from others because its clothing, lifestyle, and cultural and traditional customs are all distinct from those of other communities.
— Sunil oraon
According to the cultural tradition here, we live in this tribal area. Our identity, food, and lifestyle are also kept distinct here. We are considered different among all Indian people.
— Anil pargi · Bargama, Dungarpur, Rajasthan
Our attire, our food, our cooking, our customs, our worship, our traditions, all of this distinguishes us from other tribes.
— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha
To define indigenous tribes, just as our tribal culture's essence is distinct from other social cultures, so too are the traditions, food habits, and customs of our society different. This is why tribal culture...
— Ram Maravi · Dindori, Madhya Pradesh
The language, culture, and traditions of the tribe are distinct from other societies. Food and customs.
— SUKDEV HEMBRAM
Our tribe is completely different from other castes. Our lifestyle and food habits are completely different. We are completely dependent on nature. We also get various food items from nature. We worship nature.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The customs, attire, food habits, culture, and traditions of our community are very different from others, which gives us our identity and distinguishes us from them.
— Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh
Our rituals and environment are different from other tribes.
— Sukhdas Mandavi · Mohla, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh
Our tribe has many distinct characteristics: be it worship, tradition, or dress and food habits. People don't identify us merely by name; when they come to know us, they partake in our food, and when they understand us, they adopt our attire. This is what makes our tribe unique, and our traditions are distinct.
— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha
Our community is different because of our food habits.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
These are how our tribe dresses, talks, plays, dances, sings, and celebrates festivals. We are different from other communities.
— Priti majhi
Our tribe is mainly nature-worshipping. Our culture, customs, attire, tradition, and spoken language have a distinct identity that is different from others.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Indigenous people are different from other communities because these people are identified by their hunting, food habits, and traditions.
— SUKDEV HEMBRAM · East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
Our tribe is different from others; we are Lanjia Saora tribals, and all our traditions and customs are unique.
— Samana Mandangi
Our tribal community is a distinct and unique community known for its culture, traditions, and lifestyle.
— Narvada Sarpota
Here it was said that tribal people are different from others because their lifestyle is different, customs are different, traditional food is different, and musical instruments are also different. We live in this area and are very happy and we want to live this very life.
— Anil pargi · Bargama, Dungarpur, Rajasthan
Our culture is the special identity of our being tribal. This includes our attire, food habits, worship, and lifestyle.
— ANIL KUMAR · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The lifestyle, culture, and traditions of the tribal community are very different.
— Ram Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
We know here that everything about tribal people - their food, drink, lifestyle - everything is different. Every single thing is different. Their language, way of talking, everything is different. Their songs, music, dance, everything.
— deena rawat · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our tribe is distinct from others because its culture and traditions are different, its languages are different. Its internal unity is also distinct.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Tribals have their own distinct traditions, customs, festivals, different attire, and different language.
— Kachala Choudhary
Our spoken language, attire, food, lifestyle, our culture, customs and traditions, and system are completely different from others, and it is unwritten. We, the people of the Adivasi Gond community, are worshippers of nature, which sets us apart from others.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Our caste's food is different, so we are different from other castes.
— Puspanjali Nag
In our tribal community, all customs and traditions are different.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Differences in customs, attire, traditional Kui language, local cooked food and drink, our livelihood, etc.
— Sudhakar Pradhan · Kandhamal, Odisha
By looking at our tribal stories, dances, songs, and festivals, you can tell that we are different from other communities.
— Priti majhi
We are different from others because of our language, caste system, customs, songs, and dances.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
By observing our tribe's language, dances, songs, and worship festivals, one can understand that we are distinct from other communities.
— Priti majhi
Our community's language, dialect, cuisine, lifestyle, customs, attire, traditions, and culture are all distinct from others, and this is our identity.
— Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh
