A dimension within Preserving Cultural Roots
This theme highlights the critical role of language and education in the preservation of cultural heritage and traditions.
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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.

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.

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.
If we want to preserve our language, tradition, dance, and songs, we must teach them to the next generation.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
By learning the language, dance, and songs of the past, we will preserve our language and tradition.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
If we preserve our culture, our future generations will be able to learn and understand all traditional knowledge and skills.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
If we protect and preserve our language tradition and use the language, then the next generation will also learn and use it.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We will learn and preserve our traditions, language, and dance.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We should preserve our culture so that future generations also know about our cultural traditions.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
If we keep our culture and traditions alive, our next generation will be able to know our culture and traditions well.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
Our native language can be spoken by the next generation if we preserve and promote these languages from now on and impart knowledge to the next generation.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We have to preserve our culture so that the coming generation can use it.
— SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
We must preserve the language of dance and music. We also need to learn it for the upcoming generation.
— Anupama Mahanand · 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
We should preserve our culture so that future generations know about it and the culture remains alive.
— Sukhdas Mandavi · Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh
We should preserve our culture. Our children should also embrace and know that culture.
— Pankajini Chhatria
We should preserve our culture to pass it from this generation to the next.
— अमर जीत · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We should preserve our culture because it is important to raise our next generation and for them to know.
— Pankajini Chhatria
It is important to preserve our culture because our new generation will know about it.
— Pankajini Chhatria
We should also preserve our culture so that future generations can know our traditions, art, culture, and way of life.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
By learning the language, dance, and songs of ancient times, we preserve our tradition.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We should preserve our culture because it will be useful for future generations.
— SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
We should preserve our cultural traditions, games, dances, songs, stories, conversations, and all these for the next generation.
— Priti majhi
We should preserve our culture so that our future generations, our children, will be safe and will also keep our traditions alive, preserving our customs and culture.
— jitendra khila · Lachery, Malkangiri, Odisha
We have to maintain our culture so that future generations can use it.
— SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Culture should be preserved so that the new generation can learn something.
— संगीता मीणा · Metali, Dungarpur, Rajasthan
Our tribe must preserve its culture to carry traditional knowledge from one generation to another.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We can preserve our traditions and script well, so that our children can also cherish them.
— Pushpalata Surtange · Tilda Neora, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
Whatever traditional knowledge our ancestors have, if we preserve our culture, then our future generations will be able to acquire knowledge on all subjects.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
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
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 must preserve our culture because it is important for our future generations.
— Pankajini Chhatria
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 will learn from our ancestors to preserve our culture and tradition.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
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
If we preserve traditional knowledge and skills from generation to generation, then it is essential to protect our culture.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
Because for the knowledge of our tradition and culture to the next generation.
— अमर जीत · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
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 protect our culture because it is important to tell our future generation and it is important for them to know.
— Pankajini Chhatria
Our culture, including games, dance, songs, worship, and festivals, should be preserved for our future generations to see and learn from.
— Priti majhi
We must preserve old traditions like dance, music, cuisine, and herbs for our future generation.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our culture is our identity, and for the coming generation, we must preserve our culture so that we can continue that tradition far into the future.
— vijay malhotra · Behla, Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh
We must preserve our culture so that future generations can use Sanskrit and incorporate it into their daily lives.
— SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
The voices in this theme were gathered by these organisations through their community reports.