A dimension within Community & Cultural Arts
This theme highlights the critical role of language and dance in the preservation of cultural heritage and traditions.
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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.
Amidst modern stresses, our community finds strength and identity in safeguarding traditional knowledge and cultural practices through the wisdom of elders.
We pass on traditional and new tribal knowledge from elders to young people through organized camps, ensuring it endures for future generations.
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 our jungle villages, we cherish and pass down traditional crops like Majeri, along with the knowledge of local herbs and cultural practices, for the benefit of future generations.
We want to preserve our language, dance, and songs.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We want to preserve our language, dance, and music.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
We want to preserve the dance, songs, and language of our ancestors.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We want to preserve all the languages, dances, and songs of ancient times.
— Gitanjali Bhoi
We want to preserve ancient languages, dances, songs, traditions, food, conservation, nurturing, etc.
— 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 should preserve our cultural traditions, games, dances, songs, stories, conversations, and all these for the next generation.
— Priti majhi
By learning the language, dance, and songs of the past, we will preserve our language and tradition.
— 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 will learn and preserve our traditions, language, and dance.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
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
Our dance, songs, worship, festivals, conversations, games, and sports should be preserved for our coming generations to know.
— Priti majhi
We have to protect our culture so that our daily dance, music, etc., continue to the next generation.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Through traditional songs and dance, we can preserve our culture.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
Our dance, songs, worship, festivals, conversations, games, and sports should be preserved for our future generations to know.
— Priti majhi · SKIP NO LOCATION
By learning the language, dance, and songs of ancient times, we preserve our tradition.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
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 culture, which encompasses our traditional singing, dancing, dialects, and languages, and keep it alive.
— SHIVRAM YADAV
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
If we want to preserve our language, tradition, dance, and songs, we must teach them to the next generation.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Our culture, including games, dance, songs, festivals, and so on, must be preserved for our future generations to witness and comprehend.
— Priti majhi
We must preserve the language of dance and music. We also need to learn it for the upcoming generation.
— Anupama Mahanand · Sundargarh, Odisha
We should protect our tribe so that language, traditional knowledge, lifestyle, folk songs, and dances remain.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Cultural stories like dance, song, and play should be preserved so that they don't disappear.
— Priti majhi
One should preserve their cultural traditions, games, dances, songs, stories, and conversations for the next generation.
— Priti majhi
Our culture, including games, dance, songs, worship, and festivals, should be preserved for our future generations to see and learn from.
— Priti majhi
It is appropriate to preserve our culture, games, dance, songs, worship, and festivals for the coming generation.
— Priti majhi
Our traditional language songs should be new/renewed. Today, we want to preserve our community's language, songs, and dances so that our children can learn about them.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
Our traditional language songs should be new/renewed. Today, we want to preserve our community's language, songs, and dances so that our children can learn about them.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
We want to preserve our dance so that we can tell the coming generation what artistry our ancestors had, what games they played, and what dances they performed.
— Hariparkash kharadi · Vijayanagar, Sabarkantha, Gujarat
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
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
Dance, song, traditional games, everything is being saved. Therefore, we need to preserve them once again.
— Anupama Mahanand
Dance, sing, play. Cultural stories should be preserved so that they do not disappear.
— 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
We should preserve our culture so that future generations also know about our cultural traditions.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
To preserve the cultural heritage that is fading, including traditional instruments, Ghumura songs, dance, and games.
— Padmini Bhoi
It is a matter to preserve our Agadir dance, song, play, and wearing traditions for our ancestors' grandchildren and future generations.
— Priti majhi
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
We will learn from the dance and songs of earlier times and maintain the tradition.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
The voices in this theme were gathered by these organisations through their community reports.
