Preserving Traditional Knowledge

We should preserve our culture so that herbs and forests remain.

— Chanda

We should engage in traditional conservation so that we can inform future generations about herbs and traditional songs, ensuring their preservation for generations to come.

— Chanda

For us, the knowledge of traditional culture, civilization, traditions, customs, food and drink, worship, lifestyle, and herbs should reach the next generation.

— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

We can collect all the medicinal things found in the forest and show them to future generations and preserve them.

— Anupama Mahanand

We want to bring all the traditional medicines, including roots and herbs, that are available. And we want to save the forest. All the traditional games that were played...

— Laxmi Bagh · Sundargarh, Odisha

We should preserve our culture, herbs, forests, our history, and old festivals like Karma.

— Chanda · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Traditional songs and forest herbs should be protected.

— Chanda

Traditional knowledge about forest medicinal herbs, the language of seeds, animals, and birds should be learned from the elder generation and passed on to the youth.

— Sabina · Tumudibandh, Kandhamal, Odisha

We must preserve old traditions like dance, music, cuisine, and herbs for our future generation.

— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

I want to save traditional medicine, herbs, roots, and trees.

— Laxmi Bagh · Sundargarh, Odisha

For future generations, traditional food and herbal remedies should be available, and people should remain healthy. They wish for their preservation through this.

— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Learn traditional forest and tribal knowledge so that this knowledge can be passed on to the next generation.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

It is absolutely essential for traditional healers and elderly people to learn about and identify medicinal plants from forest-dwelling tribes, and to preserve this knowledge for future generations.

— Anirudha Marai

So that future generations can also know about all the trees and plants in the forests that protect us from diseases.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We want to preserve ancient languages, dances, songs, traditions, food, conservation, nurturing, etc.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

Old sports traditions, tribal traditions, etc., should be preserved so that the coming generation can learn something.

— संगीता मीणा · Rohan Wara, Dungarpur, Rajasthan

So that future generations can know about the trees and plants in the forests that protect us from disease.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We should protect our culture so that our food items from the forests and cultural programs remain alive.

— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

We should preserve our culture because traditional knowledge and science are associated with it. If we do not preserve it, traditional knowledge and science will disappear. From the forest...

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Our tribe must preserve its culture to carry traditional knowledge from one generation to another.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We should conduct camps to teach our young generation traditional forest and tribal knowledge from elders, pass it on to the next generation, and preserve it.

— NAGRIK VIKASH SANGATHAN · Kalahandi, Odisha

Traditional forest and tribal knowledge needs to be taught from elders to the younger generation.

— Batakrushna Sahoo

I want to bring back the medicinal items, food items, and root vegetables found in our forest, so that they do not disappear.

— Laxmi Bagh · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha

It would be better if our centuries-old traditions continue, including old songs, wedding ceremonies, and the use of tribal herbs, which strengthen bones. Therefore, we want to maintain these traditions so that my health remains strong and we can live on Earth for a long time.

— Sonmati · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

One should protect their culture so that future generations have its traditional knowledge and are helped in preserving their traditions.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We should protect our culture because preserving it will save traditional knowledge, native seeds, water, forests, and land.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

In our village, traditional forest and tribal knowledge should be provided to the younger generation to facilitate knowledge transfer.

— Batakrushna Sahoo

This is why we must protect our culture. We should preserve the songs, dances, and the water, forests, and land from the past so that we can inform future generations. The coming generations will use them.

— Chanda

We should preserve our culture so that future generations also know about our cultural traditions.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We have to learn from our ancestors to preserve our tradition and culture.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

To save our tradition and culture

— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

It is essential for the elders to teach Joba Piding about traditional forest tribal knowledge. This will enable them to identify any medicinal plants from the forest in the coming generations.

— Santosh Barik · Kalahandi, Odisha

For knowledge transfer, we should organize camps to teach the younger generation traditional forest and tribal knowledge from elders, so that it can be passed on to the next generation and preserved.

— AbhiLL Ipsa

We should newly teach children about all the forest products found in the forest and explain them in a traditional manner.

— Anupama Mahanand · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

The youth should also have the knowledge about herbs that our tribals possess.

— अमर जीत · Majlispur, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Camps should be organized to teach traditional forest and tribal knowledge from elders to the younger generation, to pass it on to the next generation, and to preserve it.

— Premsila Naik · Kalahandi, Odisha

To preserve culture

— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We will learn from our ancestors to preserve our culture and tradition.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha

Traditional songs, Gaadi songs, wedding Sohar tribal songs, Rupani's songs, and old herbs should be used so that we stay healthy properly.

— Sonmati · Robertsganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We have been living in this village for approximately 100 years. Our tribe originated in this surrounding area. There have been many changes in the forest; valuable trees, herbs, and animals have all disappeared. If we do not protect it, then within the next 20 years, along with the destruction of the forest, all types of wild animals, medicinal plants, and creepers will disappear. Camps should be organized to teach traditional forest and tribal knowledge from elders to the younger generation, transfer it to the next generation, and preserve it.

— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha