A dimension within Intergenerational Cultural Arts
Centers on preserving cultural heritage, folklore, and traditional knowledge across generations.
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Overall Community Sentiment
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 pass on traditional and new tribal knowledge from elders to young people through organized camps, ensuring it endures for future generations.

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

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 Ghorawal, education is seen as the fundamental right to dignity, crucial for transmitting traditional forest and tribal knowledge, cultural programs, and ancestral connections to future generations
Songs, dances, and folktales are important mediums for transferring traditional knowledge from one generation to another.
— AbhiLL Ipsa
Songs, dances, and folktales are important mediums for transferring traditional knowledge from one generation to another.
— Batakrushna Sahoo
Songs, dances, and folk tales are important mediums for transferring traditional knowledge from one generation to another.
— AbhiLL Ipsa
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
Songs, dances, and folk tales are mediums to transfer traditional knowledge from one generation to another.The government should preserve and promote traditional songs, dances, and folk tales in our community so that our mother tongue continues to be spoken by the next generation.Weddings, traditional songs, dances, mandal, and dhol instruments give identity to our tribe - women and men play traditional games.
— DASHARATH SINGH · Sambalpur, Odisha
Songs, dances, and folk tales are mediums for transferring traditional knowledge from one generation to another. The government should preserve and promote traditional songs, dances, and folk tales in our community. Our mother tongue should continue to be spoken by the next generation. Weddings, traditional songs, dances, Mandali (drum), and Dhol musical instruments give identity to our tribe. Both women and men play traditional games.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
Songs, dances, and folktales are the mediums to transfer traditional knowledge from one generation to another. The government should preserve and promote traditional songs, dances, and folktales in our community. Our mother tongue should continue to be spoken by the next generation. Marriages, traditional songs, dances, Mandals, and Dhol musical instruments provide identity to our tribe. Women and men play traditional games.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
Songs, dances, and folktales are mediums to transfer traditional knowledge from one generation to another. The government should preserve and promote traditional songs, dances, and folktales in our community. Our mother tongue should continue to be spoken by the next generation. Marriages, traditional songs, dances, Mandar, and Dhol instruments give identity to our tribe - women and men play traditional games.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
Songs, dances, and folk tales are mediums for transferring traditional knowledge from one generation to another. The government should preserve and promote traditional songs, dances, and folk tales in our community. Our mother tongue should continue to be spoken by the next generation. Marriage, traditional songs, dances, Mandals, and Dhol musical instruments provide identity to our tribe - women and men play traditional games.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Jamunkira, Sambalpur, Odisha
Songs, dances, and folk tales are the means to transfer traditional knowledge from one generation to another. The government should preserve and promote traditional songs, dances, and folk tales in our community. Our mother tongue should continue to be spoken by the next generation. Weddings, traditional songs, dances, Mandals, and Dhol musical instruments define the identity of our tribe. Women and men play traditional games.
— DASHARATH SINGH · Sambalpur, Odisha
Songs, dances, and folktales are important mediums for transferring traditional knowledge from one generation to another. The government should take steps to preserve and promote traditional songs, dances, and folktales in our community. I think our mother tongue should continue to be spoken by the next generation. Marriages, traditional songs, dances, and the Mandar instrument give identity to our tribe - women and girls play games with traditional music.
— DASHARATH SINGH · Sambalpur, Odisha
Songs, dances, and folktales are important mediums for transferring traditional knowledge from one generation to another. The government should take steps to preserve and promote our songs, dances, and folktales.
— Praska Gangarao
Songs, dances, and folktales are important mediums for transferring traditional knowledge from one generation to another. The government should take steps to preserve and promote songs, dances, and folktales.
— Praska Gangarao
Songs, dances, and folktales are a medium for transferring traditional knowledge from one generation to another. To the government, for preserving and promoting traditional songs, dances, and folktales in our community. Our mother tongue should continue to be spoken by the next generation. Marriages, traditional songs, dances, mandal, and dhol musical instruments give identity to our tribe – women and men play traditional games.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
Yes, songs, dance andology is important medium for passing traditional knowledge from one generation to another.
— Santosh Barik · Kalahandi, Odisha
Songs, dances, stories, and knowledge are good mediums to transmit from one generation to another.
— Kachala Choudhary
Traditional folk songs, dances, and stories are a good option to pass on to the next generation.
— Kachala Choudhary
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
Traditional dance and song culture must be transferred to the next generation because it can lead to the progress of society and the country.
— Bindhani Bibhuti · Tamando, Khordha, Odisha
Songs, dances, Kui language, musical instruments, traditional games, carrying forward to the next generation.
— Sabina · Tumudibandh, Kandhamal, Odisha
For the next generation to understand old customs and traditions, dance and music are essential.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
One should preserve their cultural traditions, games, dances, songs, stories, and conversations for the next generation.
— Priti majhi
The government should take steps to preserve songs, dances, and folk tales and ensure their transmission from one generation to the next.
— anita khora · Sutipadar, Koraput, Odisha
The government should promote our culture and folk dance songs so that they are known from generation to generation.
— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Kasdol, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
The government should take steps to pass on our culture, preserving songs, dances, and folk tales, from one generation to another.
— anita khora · Katalaguda, Koraput, Odisha
We should preserve our cultural traditions, games, dances, songs, stories, conversations, and all these for the next generation.
— Priti majhi
We want to pass on our old traditional dance, singing, drama, and old music to new generations.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Through traditional songs and dance, we can preserve our culture.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
Songs and music should be traditional so that our next generation learns about us.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
You must preserve your culture for your future generations, because people learn old games, dances, and songs.
— 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
Our children should not forget our traditional cultural dance, songs, and games.
— Laxmi
We want our old traditions like song, dance, and drama to continue traditionally to the next generation.
— bachcha lal · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
They have to preserve the folk tradition of dance and music for their generation.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
If we want to preserve our language, tradition, dance, and songs, we must teach them to the next generation.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Traditional folk dance and traditional song should be preserved.
— Kachala Choudhary
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
Our dance, songs, worship, festivals, conversations, games, and sports should be preserved for our coming generations to know.
— 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
Everything about the previous generation is known through dance and song, and the coming generation will also learn this.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The voices in this theme were gathered by these organisations through their community reports.