A dimension within Cultural & Environmental Loss
This theme focuses on the preservation of cultural heritage, traditions, and tribal culture.
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Overall Community Sentiment
Our culture is disappearing, which is why it is important to preserve it.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, 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
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
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
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
Slowly, old traditions and culture are fading away; it is essential to save them now.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
The culture of the tribal community is disappearing, and at the same time, our rights are also ending. Therefore, it is important to preserve culture.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
If we do not preserve our language, culture, traditional songs, dances, musical instruments, and indigenous seeds in the next 20 years, all will disappear.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
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
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
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
The culture of the tribal community is disappearing, and along with it, our rights are also being eroded. That is why it is important to preserve our culture.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
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
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
We should preserve our culture because if we do not, then in the future, we, our community, and all our cultural traditions will become extinct.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
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 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
We should preserve our culture because if our culture does not survive, our indigenous people will also not survive. At the same time, all the traditional customs and cultural practices will also disappear.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
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
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
The traditional conversations, food, culture, and tradition-based festivals of tribal people are gradually disappearing. Our elders should hand these over to the current young generation to preserve them.
— Santosh Barik · Kalahandi, Odisha
Today's youth generation is forgetting our culture, customs, and traditions, so their preservation is essential.
— Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh
We should protect the culture of our tribes because if we don't, in the coming time, we will become extinct and our community will cease to exist.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
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
The identity of us tribal people is our culture, customs, attire, traditions, and spoken language, but in today's time, they are gradually disappearing.
— Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, 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
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 preserve our culture so that our people, our tribes, and all our things remain ours. If we do not look after it, we will vanish tomorrow. No one will even know, not even our children. That is why our culture is preserved.
— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, 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
Our culture and tradition have been passed down from our ancestors, which preserves our existence. If these become extinct, the identity of the indigenous people will be erased.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
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
If the traditions, customs, songs, dances, and worship methods of tribal communities are not preserved, they will be lost. Therefore, we and everyone must save them.
— Anirudha Marai
If our tribal traditions are not received by the next generation, they will gradually disappear. Whatever culture exists, if it is conveyed to the next generation, it will remain.
— KARUKAR MURMU
We should protect our culture because if our culture doesn't survive, our indigenous people will also not survive, and along with that, all the traditional, cultural traditions will also be lost.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Language, song, and dance are disappearing, the next generation should preserve them.
— Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
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 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
Our culture's traditions are now on the verge of extinction. The Danda Nrutya, Ghumura, and Nachania performers that once existed have all disappeared, and with them, the art and culture.
— Padmini Bhoi
We discussed preserving our culture, including our dances, songs, stories, messages, and attire. If all these things are lost, future generations will not be able to know what they were.
— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha