Tribal Heritage & Nature

We have been living in this village for approximately 100 years. Our tribe originated in this surrounding area. There have been many changes in the forest; valuable trees, herbs, and animals have all disappeared. If we do not protect it, then within the next 20 years, along with the destruction of the forest, all types of wild animals, medicinal plants, and creepers will disappear. Camps should be organized to teach traditional forest and tribal knowledge from elders to the younger generation, transfer it to the next generation, and preserve it.

— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha

We have been living in this village for nearly 100 years. Our tribe originated in this surrounding area. The forest has undergone many changes; valuable trees, herbs, and animals have all disappeared. If we do not protect it, then within the next 20 years, the forest will be destroyed, and all types of wild animals, medicinal plants, and vines will vanish. Camps should be organized to teach the younger generation traditional forest and tribal knowledge from the elders, to pass it on to the next generation, and to preserve it.

— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha

I have been living in this village since my grandfather's time. Our tribe originated in this surrounding area. The forest has changed a lot; valuable trees, herbs, and animals have all disappeared. If we do not protect it, the forest will be destroyed within the next 20 years, and all kinds of wild animals, medicinal trees, and plants will vanish. The younger generation should be taught traditional forest and tribal knowledge from elders and transfer it to the next generation, and camps should be organized to preserve it.

— DASHARATH SINGH · Jamunkira, Sambalpur, Odisha

We should conduct camps to teach our young generation traditional forest and tribal knowledge from elders, pass it on to the next generation, and preserve it.

— NAGRIK VIKASH SANGATHAN · Kalahandi, 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

For knowledge transfer, we should organize camps to teach the younger generation traditional forest and tribal knowledge from elders, so that it can be passed on to the next generation and preserved.

— AbhiLL Ipsa

Camps should be organized to teach traditional forest and tribal knowledge from elders to the younger generation, to pass it on to the next generation, and to preserve it.

— Premsila Naik · Kalahandi, Odisha

Traditional forest and tribal knowledge needs to be taught from elders to the younger generation.

— Batakrushna Sahoo

We should sit with our elders and think about saving forests for future generations so that we can tell them.

— Chanda

In our village, traditional forest and tribal knowledge should be provided to the younger generation to facilitate knowledge transfer.

— Batakrushna Sahoo

Our tribe should organize knowledge-sharing camps like Dhumkudiya, where young people learn traditional forest and tribal knowledge from elders and pass it on to future generations.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

Should camps be held to teach traditional forest tribal knowledge from elders to the younger generation, ensuring its preservation and transfer to future generations?

— Santosh Pradhan

Yes, we should organize such camps where young people learn traditional forest knowledge from elders so that this knowledge can be passed on and preserved for the next generation.

— Kachala Choudhary

Our community should organize knowledge-sharing camps like Dhumkuria, where young people learn traditional forest and tribal knowledge from elders and pass it on to the next generation. This is very important.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

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

Learn traditional forest and tribal knowledge so that this knowledge can be passed on to the next generation.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

It is absolutely necessary for the youth to learn traditional forest and indigenous knowledge from elders and preserve it for the next generation.

— S Guruteli · Maliguda, Malkangiri, Odisha

It is essential for the elders to teach Joba Piding about traditional forest tribal knowledge. This will enable them to identify any medicinal plants from the forest in the coming generations.

— Santosh Barik · Kalahandi, Odisha

We should organize knowledge-sharing camps like Dhumkuriya where young people learn traditional and new tribal knowledge from elders, pass it on to the next generation, and keep it safe or preserved.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We have our tribal languages; people used to know them earlier. And after 20 years, so much forest is being destroyed, and in another 20 years, all those animals and birds will disappear.

— RINA BEHERA · Hemagiri, Sundargarh, Odisha

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

Our traditional mountain songs, which are connected to nature, are slowly disappearing. Therefore, we should make efforts to pass them on to the next generation.

— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

Due to the cutting of trees and plants in the village, various herbs and food items are becoming extinct. We can protect them.

— Mohan AHARI · Sarera, Udaipur, Rajasthan

Traditional knowledge about forest medicinal herbs, the language of seeds, animals, and birds should be learned from the elder generation and passed on to the youth.

— Sabina · Tumudibandh, Kandhamal, Odisha

We should preserve our culture because traditional knowledge and science are associated with it. If we do not preserve it, traditional knowledge and science will disappear. From the forest...

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We should promote traditional knowledge for future generations, together with elders, especially for those from places like Dhampuria camp.

— 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

Our tribe must preserve its culture to carry traditional knowledge from one generation to another.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

We have been born and living in this village for almost many years, about 40 years. Our father, grandfathers, and uncles all live here, and gradually various traditions are dying out, and the forests are being destroyed.

— Ulapi Sahu · Patnāgarh, Balangir, Odisha

We must inform the coming generations, our children, about our heritage and old traditions so that we do not abandon them.

— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

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 must protect our water, forest, and land, or else, gradually, the forest department will have our forests cut down, which was our family's ancestral home.

— Ram Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

We should preserve our culture so that herbs and forests remain.

— Chanda

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 also know how to play the musical instruments played by our elders, but the generation after us will not know all this, so there is a need to preserve it. There is a need to preserve tribal knowledge.

— Kamlesh Katara · Malmatha, Dungarpur, Rajasthan

This is why we must protect our culture. We should preserve the songs, dances, and the water, forests, and land from the past so that we can inform future generations. The coming generations will use them.

— Chanda

Long live rural discussions. The forests that are present in our lives are depleting. We need to plant more trees, otherwise society will be destroyed.

— Jadumani Nial · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha

If we do not make some effort, we will lose our traditional seeds, medicinal herbs, pure environment, air, etc.

— Kachala Choudhary

Language, song, and dance are disappearing, the next generation should preserve them.

— Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha

It is absolutely essential for traditional healers and elderly people to learn about and identify medicinal plants from forest-dwelling tribes, and to preserve this knowledge for future generations.

— Anirudha Marai