A dimension within Indigenous Wisdom Transmission
Connects tribal cultural heritage and traditional knowledge with forest conservation and biodiversity.
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We pass on traditional and new tribal knowledge from elders to young people through organized camps, ensuring it endures for future generations.
In our jungle villages, we cherish and pass down traditional crops like Majeri, along with the knowledge of local herbs and cultural practices, for the benefit of future generations.
Amidst modern stresses, our community finds strength and identity in safeguarding traditional knowledge and cultural practices through the wisdom of elders.
The people of Udulibeda emphasize the vital role of traditional knowledge in cultivating local foods, stewarding the land, and ensuring their community's self-sufficiency for generations to come.
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
We have been living in this village for nearly 100 years. Our tribe originated in this surrounding area. The forest has undergone many changes; valuable trees, herbs, and animals have all disappeared. If we do not protect it, then within the next 20 years, the forest will be destroyed, and all types of wild animals, medicinal plants, and vines will vanish. Camps should be organized to teach the younger generation traditional forest and tribal knowledge from the elders, to pass it on to the next generation, and to preserve it.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
The traditional conversations, food, culture, and tradition-based festivals of tribal people are gradually disappearing. Our elders should hand these over to the current young generation to preserve them.
— Santosh Barik · Kalahandi, Odisha
We should protect our culture so that future generations come to know about this traditional culture and knowledge, and they do not forget their language. If we do not protect it, the indigenous community will be lost.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We are slowly forgetting the knowledge passed down by our elders. We need to preserve the knowledge taught by them. We should save our culture because we are indigenous people, and indigenous culture every
— Kamlesh Katara · Malmatha, Dungarpur, Rajasthan
I have been living in this village since my grandfather's time. Our tribe originated in this surrounding area. The forest has changed a lot; valuable trees, herbs, and animals have all disappeared. If we do not protect it, the forest will be destroyed within the next 20 years, and all kinds of wild animals, medicinal trees, and plants will vanish. The younger generation should be taught traditional forest and tribal knowledge from elders and transfer it to the next generation, and camps should be organized to preserve it.
— DASHARATH SINGH · Jamunkira, Sambalpur, Odisha
Our tribe must preserve its culture to carry traditional knowledge from one generation to another.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
If our tribal traditions are not received by the next generation, they will gradually disappear. Whatever culture exists, if it is conveyed to the next generation, it will remain.
— KARUKAR MURMU
Our traditional mountain songs, which are connected to nature, are slowly disappearing. Therefore, we should make efforts to pass them on to the next generation.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
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
We also know how to play the musical instruments played by our elders, but the generation after us will not know all this, so there is a need to preserve it. There is a need to preserve tribal knowledge.
— Kamlesh Katara · Malmatha, Dungarpur, Rajasthan
The customs, traditions, and culture of our community are on the verge of disappearing, so we must protect them so that they remain alive for future generations.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
The traditions, culture, customs, and practices of the tribal community are on the verge of extinction, so it is necessary to preserve our culture.
— Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh
We should preserve our culture so that future generations also know about our cultural traditions.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
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 engage in traditional conservation so that we can inform future generations about herbs and traditional songs, ensuring their preservation for generations to come.
— Chanda
We should preserve our culture so that our tribe does not become extinct and our culture stays alive.
— Sukhdas Mandavi · Mohla, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh
If we want to preserve our language, tradition, dance, and songs, we must teach them to the next generation.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Today's generation has started forgetting our spoken language, culture, customs, and traditions. It is important to save them to keep alive the practices of our ancestors.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
We must inform the coming generations, our children, about our heritage and old traditions so that we do not abandon them.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We must preserve our culture so that future generations know our culture, keep it alive, and prevent it from disappearing.
— Sukhdas Mandavi · Mohla, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh
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
Language, song, and dance are disappearing, the next generation should preserve them.
— Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
We have to preserve our culture so that the coming generation can use it.
— SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
We should teach our children the disappearing language of our Khadia community and also preserve it traditionally.
— Anupama Mahanand · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
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
It is essential that we preserve our culture so that our traditional knowledge can be kept alive; otherwise, we will move towards modernity and forget everything.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
We should also preserve our culture because if we do not preserve our culture, then all our language knowledge, indigenous knowledge will disappear.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Traditional forest and tribal knowledge needs to be taught from elders to the younger generation.
— Batakrushna Sahoo
The current young generation is forgetting its culture, so we should protect it.
— Kekti Tekam · Dindori, Madhya 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 it is important to tell our future generation and it is important for them to know.
— Pankajini Chhatria
We should protect the culture of our tribes because if we don't, in the coming time, we will become extinct and our community will cease to exist.
— 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
Old sports traditions, tribal traditions, etc., should be preserved so that the coming generation can learn something.
— संगीता मीणा · Rohan Wara, Dungarpur, Rajasthan
We should protect our culture so that our generation can know about us.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our culture is disappearing, which is why it is important to preserve it.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
We need to preserve our traditions because our future generations will forget them. And now they will follow rules. Our community identity...
— Trinath badanayak · Malakanagiri, Malkangiri, Odisha
The culture and traditions of our society, if not passed on to the next generation, will gradually disappear. Therefore, it is our definite responsibility to pass them on to the next generation.
— KARUKAR MURMU
We should preserve our culture so that future generations know about it and to prevent the government from making our culture disappear.
— Sukhdas Mandavi · Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh
The voices in this theme were gathered by these organisations through their community reports.
