A dimension within Youth & Traditional Arts
Celebrating cultural heritage through the preservation and practice of traditional arts and customs.
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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.
Amidst modern stresses, our community finds strength and identity in safeguarding traditional knowledge and cultural practices through the wisdom of elders.
We must actively safeguard our local traditions, medicinal plants, and vital forest trees to ensure our heritage and well-being endure.
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.
Our culture is disappearing, which is why it is important to preserve it.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
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
Day by day everyone is moving towards modernization, so preserving culture is becoming mandatory, otherwise all our traditional knowledge, skills, songs, and dances will disappear.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
Slowly, old traditions and culture are fading away; it is essential to save them now.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Our cultural games, dances, songs, rituals, and festivals should not be forgotten; the coming generation might forget them, which is why they need to be preserved.
— Laxmi
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
Forgetting our music, art, and culture, we are moving towards modernity day by day, and we are starting to forget traditional knowledge. That's why the preservation of culture is absolutely essential.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
We should preserve our culture to safeguard fading knowledge.
— Kusha Mahakud
To preserve our cultural customs, we will have to do a lot because our culture is slowly disappearing, and people are slowly
— Ram Maravi · Dindori, Madhya Pradesh
Our own language, cultural dances, and songs are all getting hidden, which is why children don't know about them. Therefore, we must preserve them from being hidden.
— Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha
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
Language, song, and dance are disappearing, the next generation should preserve them.
— Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
Nowadays, our linguistic culture and traditions are gradually disappearing, therefore, it is very important to promote them or ensure their preservation.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
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 need to preserve our culture because if all cultures are lost, the coming generation, our children, will forget all songs, dances, and traditions. Therefore, it is necessary to protect and preserve its literature.
— James Sabar · Khilamunda1, Rayagada, Odisha
Today's youth generation is forgetting our culture, customs, and traditions, so their preservation is essential.
— Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh
To preserve the cultural heritage that is fading, including traditional instruments, Ghumura songs, dance, and games.
— Padmini Bhoi
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
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
The current young generation is forgetting its culture, so we should protect it.
— Kekti Tekam · Dindori, Madhya Pradesh
The culture, customs, attire, and traditions of us tribals are gradually disappearing in today's time. People are busy erasing their own existence in the pursuit of modernity. Therefore, it is important to preserve our culture.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
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
Traditional and folk songs are becoming extinct. We need to prevent their extinction and revive those conversations, dances, and songs.
— Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha
We must definitely preserve our culture, because our known festivals, traditions, marriages, our worship, goddesses, and gods are slowly disappearing. And we are all realizing that.
— Ulapi Sahu · Patnāgarh, Balangir, Odisha
Our dance songs are getting lost in old customs and traditions. Therefore, we should teach them to our children.
— Anupama Mahanand · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
If we do not protect our culture, then in the coming time, all our traditional songs, traditional dances, musical instruments, and folk songs will be lost.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
To save our tradition and culture
— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
It would be good to try and revive our own heritage, traditions, and folk dance culture, as these things are disappearing day by day.
— Debendra Suna · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha
It is essential to preserve culture as our traditional knowledge and skills are becoming modernized day by day. The younger generation wants to forget everything and move towards new directions.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
In today's changing world, people are attracted to foreign trends, gradually forgetting their language and songs. Therefore, the government and we must come forward to preserve our traditions.
— Anirudha Marai · Sambalpur, Odisha
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
There is an urgent need to preserve tradition through folk songs and dance.
— Ramadas Badanayak · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, 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
Today, our youth generation is forgetting our culture, customs, and traditions, so it is very important to keep them alive to maintain them in every coming generation.
— Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh
We should protect our culture so that our tradition and culture can be saved.
— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
If our culture is not preserved now, many things like songs, languages, and traditional and cultural aspects will become extinct in the next 20 years.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Yes, the government should take steps through various programs to protect and promote our traditional dance, songs, and folk tales. Otherwise, they will gradually disappear.
— Santosh Barik · Kalahandi, Odisha
We should preserve our culture so that future generations also know about our cultural traditions.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Day by day, with modern civilization, we are forgetting old knowledge and techniques. Therefore, it should be preserved.
— PRADEEP KUMAR KANHAR · Boudh, Odisha
The voices in this theme were gathered by these organisations through their community reports.
