A dimension within Cultural Heritage & Arts
Focuses on the importance of preserving traditional arts, dance, and cultural heritage.
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Positive
Overall Community Sentiment
Traditional folk dance and traditional song should be preserved.
— Kachala Choudhary
Cultural stories like dance, song, and play should be preserved so that they don't disappear.
— Priti majhi
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
We have to protect our culture so that our daily dance, music, etc., continue to the next generation.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Old traditions and customs, along with dance and music, Lorki songs, and Kajri Vajri, need to be preserved for future generations.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We should preserve our cultural traditions, games, dances, songs, stories, conversations, and all these for the next generation.
— Priti majhi
Dance, sing, play. Cultural stories should be preserved so that they do not disappear.
— Priti majhi
We want to preserve our language, dance, and songs.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We must preserve old traditions like dance, music, cuisine, and herbs for our future generation.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Through traditional songs and dance, we can preserve our culture.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
There is an urgent need to preserve tradition through folk songs and dance.
— Ramadas Badanayak · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha
Dance, song, traditional games, everything is being saved. Therefore, we need to preserve them once again.
— Anupama Mahanand
Language, song, and dance are disappearing, the next generation should preserve them.
— Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
We want to preserve our language, dance, and music.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
To preserve the cultural heritage that is fading, including traditional instruments, Ghumura songs, dance, and games.
— Padmini Bhoi
One should preserve their cultural traditions, games, dances, songs, stories, and conversations 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
Our children should not forget our traditional cultural dance, songs, and games.
— Laxmi
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
Our dance, songs, worship, festivals, conversations, games, and sports should be preserved for our coming generations to know.
— Priti majhi
We must preserve the language of dance and music. We also need to learn it for the upcoming generation.
— Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha
They have to preserve the folk tradition of dance and music for their generation.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our culture's games, dances, songs, and festivals should be preserved. They should be kept so that our future generations can know about them.
— Priti majhi
We want to preserve the dance, songs, and language of our ancestors.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · 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
Songs, dances, and folktales are important mediums for transferring traditional knowledge from one generation to another. This should be preserved.
— sudhir gamanga · Kharlingi, Housingboard Colony, Rayagada
Our dance, songs, worship, festivals, conversations, games, and sports should be preserved for our future generations to know.
— Priti majhi · SKIP NO LOCATION
It is a matter to preserve our Agadir dance, song, play, and wearing traditions for our ancestors' grandchildren and future generations.
— Priti majhi
Our culture, including games, dance, songs, festivals, and so on, must be preserved for our future generations to witness and comprehend.
— Priti majhi
We should save our folk dance.
— Kachala Choudhary
You must preserve your culture for your future generations, because people learn old games, dances, and songs.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our dance songs are getting lost in old customs and traditions. Therefore, we should teach them to our children.
— Anupama Mahanand · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
We will now use all those ancient dance and song forms that are getting lost, teach them to the children, and preserve them.
— Anupama Mahanand
If we want to preserve our language, tradition, dance, and songs, we must teach them to the next generation.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Our heritage includes ancient dance and music, and we should preserve our culinary traditions for the new generation.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Efforts on how to preserve traditional song, dance, art, and culture, and how the coming generation can revive and keep this art and culture alive.
— Debendra Suna · Sarathi, Rayagada, Odisha
It is appropriate to preserve our culture, games, dance, songs, worship, and festivals for the coming generation.
— Priti majhi
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
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 want to preserve all the languages, dances, and songs of ancient times.
— Gitanjali Bhoi
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 pass on traditional and new tribal knowledge from elders to young people through organized camps, ensuring it endures for future generations.
We ensure our children's well-being and cultural continuity by teaching them about the forest's bounty and the richness of our ancestral language and traditions.
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.
The voices in this theme were gathered by these organisations through their community reports.
