A dimension within Language & Music Heritage
Celebrating tribal culture through its unique languages, music, and artistic expressions.
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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.

In a rapidly changing world, holding onto cultural traditions is essential for identity, community strength, and collective happiness.

Amidst modern stresses, our community finds strength and identity in safeguarding traditional knowledge and cultural practices through the wisdom of elders.

We pass on traditional and new tribal knowledge from elders to young people through organized camps, ensuring it endures for future generations.

In Dindori's tribal communities, people are actively preserving their unique lifestyle, diet, customs, and traditions by sharing their heritage and raising awareness.
We want to preserve our language, dance, and songs.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We want to preserve our language, dance, and music.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
We want to preserve the dance, songs, and language of our ancestors.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Through traditional songs and dance, we can preserve our culture.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
We want to preserve all the languages, dances, and songs of ancient times.
— Gitanjali Bhoi
We want to preserve our culture because it is our tradition, such as songs and music.
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Mukasim, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our songs are tribal, our culture, our tradition, our songs, dances, and musical instruments are unique. Therefore, it is essential to preserve this culture of ours.
— Parikshit Majhi · SKIP NO LOCATION
We want to preserve ancient languages, dances, songs, traditions, food, conservation, nurturing, etc.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We should protect our tribe so that language, traditional knowledge, lifestyle, folk songs, and dances remain.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We should preserve our culture, which encompasses our traditional singing, dancing, dialects, and languages, and keep it alive.
— SHIVRAM YADAV
By learning the language, dance, and songs of ancient times, we preserve our tradition.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Our tribal people have a different kind of dance and song, and all those dance songs are a way for us to preserve our culture.
— Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
Our tribal songs, our culture, our traditions, and our dance and music are unique, which is why it is absolutely necessary to conserve this culture of ours.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
By learning the language, dance, and songs of the past, we will preserve our language and tradition.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
Our tribal songs, our culture, our traditions, and our dance and music are unique, which is why it is absolutely necessary to conserve this culture.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
We will learn and preserve our traditions, language, and dance.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We should preserve our culture so that knowledge can be passed from one generation to another through our songs and dances.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Through our traditional dance and songs, our culture.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
We have to protect our culture so that our daily dance, music, etc., continue to the next generation.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We want to revive the cultural dance, song, and language of olden times.
— Anupama Mahanand
We have preserved the tradition by learning the dances, songs, and language of ancient times.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Many folk songs, dances, and musical instruments are very unique. To preserve our culture and traditions, we always prioritize conservation. We...
— Parikshit Majhi
To save our tradition and culture
— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We will learn from the dance and songs of earlier times and maintain the tradition.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
We should preserve our cultural traditions, games, dances, songs, stories, conversations, and all these for the next generation.
— Priti majhi
Our culture, including games, dance, songs, and festivals, should be preserved. It should be kept so that our coming generations can know it.
— Priti majhi
Traditional folk dance and traditional song should be preserved.
— Kachala Choudhary
Our dance, songs, worship, festivals, conversations, games, and sports should be preserved for our coming generations to know.
— Priti majhi
We are tribal people, our traditions are distinct, our culture is distinct. We all want to preserve them.
— Parikshit Majhi
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
We want to bring back the lost language, dance, and songs.
— Laxmi Bagh · Sundargarh, Odisha
We know that the culture, including the dance, music, and games that existed before, is slowly disappearing. Therefore, to protect our culture, we will preserve them.
— Ulapi Sahu
Our traditional language songs should be new/renewed. Today, we want to preserve our community's language, songs, and dances so that our children can learn about them.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
Our traditional language songs should be new/renewed. Today, we want to preserve our community's language, songs, and dances so that our children can learn about them.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
According to tradition, we are trying to keep it alive till today. We have preserved our art, culture, dance, and music as a community. We request the government to grant official recognition to preserve our culture.
— Anirudha Marai
Dance, song, traditional games, everything is being saved. Therefore, we need to preserve them once again.
— Anupama Mahanand
It is essential to preserve our culture and tradition.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha
We should protect our culture so that our tradition and culture can be saved.
— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We must preserve old traditions like dance, music, cuisine, and herbs for our future generation.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our heritage includes ancient dance and music, and we should preserve our culinary traditions for the new generation.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The voices in this theme were gathered by these organisations through their community reports.