A dimension within Indigenous Forest Life
This theme explores the deep connection between indigenous communities, their forest environment, and their cultural practices.
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Positive
Overall Community Sentiment
We are all tribal people, we live in forests. We collect our food from the forests. With that, we sustain ourselves. This is indeed our life's goal.
— KusaPradhani · Anakabadi, Rayagada, Odisha
We are tribals, we are nature worshippers. We always depend on trees and plants to live. We sustain our livelihood by eating its tubers, fruits, and roots.
— PRADEEP KUMAR KANHAR · Boudh, Odisha
We, the tribal people, worship nature. We worship trees and plants. We are always with nature.
— PRADEEP KUMAR KANHAR · Boudh, Odisha
We tribals cut down forests to build our homes and live in the forest itself. From the forest, we get roots, flowers, and delicious fruits, and we sustain our lives from them, and we also do farming.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The lifestyle, food, and traditions of the tribe are naturally connected to nature.
— SUKDEV HEMBRAM
The heritage of the tribals was the forest.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Our tribal communities live their lives on the edge of the forest.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
The factors that define our tribe are mostly living around the forest, along with our dress and traditional attire.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We are indigenous people and we worship nature.
— Manjusha Marko · Dudhi, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our environment is the tribal community dependent on water, forest, and land.
— Ram Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
We tribals are completely different from other castes; our ancestors used to live in forests and sustained themselves by eating fruits, flowers, etc., from the forest.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We live in these forests, originating from our ancestral settlements.
— Kachala Choudhary
Tribal people generally live in forests, live in hills, eat forest products, so they lead a different life from ordinary people.
— Kunakanta Behera · Dashapalla, Nayagarh, Odisha
Tribals consume their food, roots, vegetables, etc., and live their lives well.
— Ram Maravi · Dindori, Madhya Pradesh
Our tradition is connected to nature.
— Amar Lal Dhurwey · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Our community lives by building homes in the forests, hunting wild animals, and sustaining themselves by eating tamarind, mango, guava, and other produce found in the forest. Thus, they belong to a different way of life.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our tribe is unique because we worship nature, we worship the forest and the land.
— Kachala Choudhary
Indigenous people mostly live in the forest, their attachment is to the forest itself, that's why they reside on the edge of the forest and their life
— Ram Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
We Adivasi communities are communities that depend on nature, collect roots and tubers from the forests, and use them as food, which is very nutritious and also serves as medicine.
— Ram Kumari
My tribal people, living in the forest far from the city and making food from forest produce.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The Makadia tribe's life and livelihood depend on the forest. They live by gathering and selling fruits, flowers, roots, medicinal herbs, and mushrooms from the forest as food. They respect whatever their elders say. When food in one forest runs out, they move to another forest.
— Anirudha Marai
Our tribe is completely different from other castes. Our lifestyle and food habits are completely different. We are completely dependent on nature. We also get various food items from nature. We worship nature.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We are a tribal community, we farm using ploughs and bullocks, and we sustain our lives. We clear forests and bushes to make fields, and we cultivate sawa, medo, mijhri, and maize, which were grown by our ancestors, and we also preserve their seeds.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
The life of tribals is in a hilly area, and they do their farming while living there.
— Ram Maravi · Dindori, Madhya Pradesh
The people of the Baiga tribe are very close to and knowledgeable about the forest and the earth.
— Kekti Tekam
All of us, the tribal and indigenous people, lived and resided in villages nearby, practicing traditional occupations and surviving solely through traditional farming.
— Mukunda Majhi · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha
We, the people of the tribal community, are worshippers of nature and are connected to water, forest, and land. Our culture and traditions are unwritten, which makes us different from others.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Our tribe is the original inhabitant here, living here for years and doing farming.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We are from the Gond tribe and we worship nature.
— Manjusha Marko · Dudhi, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
My name is Rina Kuonro. We are the tribal indigenous people. We produce food and collect from the forest, and we express our desire to live with the forest or with nature. This is a humble request to the government for us, and please pay attention to the forest-derived food that we can obtain.
— RITARANI PRADHAN · Raikia, Kandhamal, Odisha
We are the tribal people of Jhara forest. We have strong faith. Our worship rituals are distinct. We belong to this land.
— Parikshit Majhi · Balangir, Odisha
Our tribe lives in the forest, far from villages and cities, and for food, they eat mahua, dori, koyna, this street, etcetera, kola.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Tribal communities are protectors of nature. They take only as much from nature as is necessary to live. They worship things associated with their lifestyle. They are committed to nature conservation, which defines them uniquely.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Tribal communities are the protectors of nature. They take only as much from nature as is necessary to live life. They worship things associated with their lifestyle. They are committed to nature conservation, which defines them as unique.
— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Tribal people often live in forests and eat many things that we don't know.
— Chanda
Forest, worship, tradition, customs and rituals, food and eating habits, religious ceremonies.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Adivasi is neither a caste nor a pretense; it has its own civilization and culture. It relies entirely on nature. We Adivasis live in forests, live an independent life, and have a unique art of living.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Water, forest, land are our existence, from which we are living.
— Ram Maravi · Dindori, Madhya Pradesh
Every day we go to the forest. We feel happy when we go to the forest, and our livelihood is solely dependent on the forest.
— NAGRIK VIKASH SANGATHAN · Ampani, Kalahandi, Odisha
The tribal community is different from other communities because its lifestyle, diet, and worship methods are connected to nature.
— SUKDEV HEMBRAM · East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
