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Celebrating and preserving traditional culture through food, music, dance, and art.
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Amidst modern stresses, our community finds strength and identity in safeguarding traditional knowledge and cultural practices through the wisdom of elders.
The people of Udulibeda emphasize the vital role of traditional knowledge in cultivating local foods, stewarding the land, and ensuring their community's self-sufficiency for generations to come.
In Sonbhadra, an elder reflects on the community's evolving traditions, from festive celebrations and unique tribal customs to environmental shifts and new livelihoods, holding onto the hope of preser
We pass on traditional and new tribal knowledge from elders to young people through organized camps, ensuring it endures for future generations.
There is an urgent need to preserve tradition through folk songs and dance.
— Ramadas Badanayak · Udulibeda, Malkangiri, Odisha
Traditional and folk songs are becoming extinct. We need to prevent their extinction and revive those conversations, dances, and songs.
— Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha
Ratnagiri Pradhan village and Rajgora Panchayat, Konda Kanjamedi block, Konagazi Konabala. The traditional dance and music from our past are currently disappearing. Therefore, we want to revive and preserve those dances, songs, and traditional songs. We also want to revive traditional foods like Kandula, Biri, Kuiri, Kangu by cultivating them. If we preserve this tradition, the quality of our traditional food will be beneficial for us. Therefore, we will continue our efforts to preserve them.
— Sidheswar Nayak · Nuagaon, Kandhamal, Odisha
Traditional folk dance and traditional song should be preserved.
— Kachala Choudhary
It is important to know about our old traditions like farming, sports, dance, music, and folk performances (Netuga), which are essential for understanding our heritage moving forward.
— 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
It would be good to try and revive our own heritage, traditions, and folk dance culture, as these things are disappearing day by day.
— Debendra Suna · Gandhinagar, Rayagada, Odisha
Dance, song, traditional games, everything is being saved. Therefore, we need to preserve them once again.
— Anupama Mahanand
Through traditional songs and dance, we can preserve our culture.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
We must preserve old traditions like dance, music, cuisine, and herbs for our future generation.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We want to preserve our language, dance, and songs.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
To preserve the cultural heritage that is fading, including traditional instruments, Ghumura songs, dance, and games.
— Padmini Bhoi
We will learn from the dance and songs of earlier times and maintain the tradition.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
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
We want to preserve ancient languages, dances, songs, traditions, food, conservation, nurturing, etc.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We should save our folk dance.
— Kachala Choudhary
We want to preserve the dance, songs, and language of our ancestors.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · 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 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
By learning the language, dance, and songs of the past, we will preserve our language and tradition.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
To save our tradition and culture
— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We want to preserve our language, dance, and music.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
Efforts on how to preserve traditional song, dance, art, and culture, and how the coming generation can revive and keep this art and culture alive.
— Debendra Suna · Sarathi, Rayagada, Odisha
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
Our dance songs are getting lost in old customs and traditions. Therefore, we should teach them to our children.
— Anupama Mahanand · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
We have to protect our culture so that our daily dance, music, etc., continue to the next generation.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Cultural stories like dance, song, and play should be preserved so that they don't disappear.
— Priti majhi
We want to preserve all the languages, dances, and songs of ancient times.
— Gitanjali Bhoi
Our heritage includes ancient dance and music, and we should preserve our culinary traditions for the new generation.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We should preserve our cultural traditions, games, dances, songs, stories, conversations, and all these for the next generation.
— Priti majhi
It is necessary to protect our culture so that old games, customs, traditions, songs, and cultural practices remain alive.
— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
Yes, the government should take steps through various programs to protect and promote our traditional dance, songs, and folk tales. Otherwise, they will gradually disappear.
— Santosh Barik · Kalahandi, Odisha
They have to preserve the folk tradition of dance and music for their generation.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
It is essential to preserve our culture and tradition.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha
It is imperative to preserve our culture to pass on our food habits, customs, folk dances, dramas, and other traditions to our future generations.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
It is essential to take decisive steps with strong commitment towards promoting traditional songs and dances, as well as preserving cultural heritage.
— S Guruteli · Maliguda, Malkangiri, Odisha
The government should take steps to preserve and promote traditional songs, dances, and folklore in our community.
— AbhiLL Ipsa
We will now use all those ancient dance and song forms that are getting lost, teach them to the children, and preserve them.
— Anupama Mahanand
We should protect our tribe so that language, traditional knowledge, lifestyle, folk songs, and dances remain.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
For the next generation to understand old customs and traditions, dance and music are essential.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
