A dimension within Identity Through Heritage
Highlighting the preservation of indigenous traditions and the value of traditional knowledge.
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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 must actively safeguard our local traditions, medicinal plants, and vital forest trees to ensure our heritage and well-being endure.

In a rapidly changing world, holding onto cultural traditions is essential for identity, community strength, and collective happiness.

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 must preserve our culture so that future generations know our culture, keep it alive, and prevent it from disappearing.
— Sukhdas Mandavi · Mohla, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh
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
We should protect our culture so that our tradition and culture can be saved.
— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our culture is disappearing, which is why it is important to preserve it.
— Surajsingh Parmar · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
We should preserve our culture so that our tribe does not become extinct and our culture stays alive.
— Sukhdas Mandavi · Mohla, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh
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
We should preserve our culture so that it remains alive in the future.
— Sukhdas Mandavi · Mohla, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh
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
To keep our traditional knowledge and cultural skills alive, it is essential for us to preserve our culture.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
We should protect our culture so that our traditions, culture, and customs remain in the future.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
It is essential to preserve our culture and tradition.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha
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
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
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
We should preserve our culture so that future generations know about it and the culture remains alive.
— Sukhdas Mandavi · Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh
We should preserve our culture so that future generations also know about our cultural traditions.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
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 to safeguard fading knowledge.
— Kusha Mahakud
We must preserve our culture because it is important for our future generations.
— Pankajini Chhatria
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
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
We should protect our culture so that our past culture is preserved.
— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We should protect our culture.
— Krishna pada mahato · Beltnar, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
Why should we preserve our culture?
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We should preserve our culture so that future generations know about it and to prevent the government from making our culture disappear.
— Sukhdas Mandavi · Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh
We must preserve culture as it helps keep traditional knowledge alive.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
We have to preserve our culture so that the coming generation can use it.
— SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
To save our tradition and culture
— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
So that our culture does not end.
— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
If we preserve traditional knowledge and skills from generation to generation, then it is essential to protect our culture.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
so that our culture can be saved
— अमर जीत · Kewata, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We should preserve our culture so that our future generations, our children, will be safe and will also keep our traditions alive, preserving our customs and culture.
— jitendra khila · Lachery, Malkangiri, Odisha
It is very important for us to preserve our culture because if our environment is safe, then our culture will also be safe.
— Laxmanlal
We should also preserve our culture so that future generations can know our traditions, art, culture, and way of life.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
The preservation of our culture is necessary to protect the environment of our culture.
— Laxmanlal
To save our identity and existence, we must save our culture.
— Kachala Choudhary
Our tribe must preserve its culture to carry traditional knowledge from one generation to another.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
To preserve our old traditional heritage, it is important to save culture.
— bachcha lal · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
So that our culture can be saved.
— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We should save our culture to protect our indigenous identity.
— Kachala Choudhary
The voices in this theme were gathered by these organisations through their community reports.