Community Lifestyle & Identity

Our community's identity has been shaped by culture itself, that's why

— Krishna pada mahato · Birra, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand

Our traditional attire, language, dialect, culture, and customs are our identity which preserve our existence.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

We, the tribal people, are identified by our culture.

— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Our culture, civilization, tradition, customs, and preservation were our original identity.

— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

Our customs, attire, traditions, spoken language, lifestyle, food habits, and culture are very different from other societies, which is an identity of the tribal community.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

The main identity of our tribe is our conservative tradition and attire, along with our rituals, spoken language, and prevalent practices related to nature that have been passed down from our ancestors. These are not found in other societies, so this is our identity.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Our culture is an important part of collective memory and identity.

— Sunita Kumari

Our culture is an important part of collective memory and identity.

— Sunita Kumari

Our culture is an important part of our identity that connects us to our roots and tells us who we are and where we come from.

— Narvada Sarpota

Our culture, customs, attire, and spoken language are our identity. We are worshippers of nature, protectors of water, forests, and land, and this very identity makes us completely different from others.

— Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

Our tribe is mainly nature-worshipping. Our culture, customs, attire, tradition, and spoken language have a distinct identity that is different from others.

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

Our tribe can primarily be identified by its spoken language, lifestyle, and attire.

— SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

The customs, attire, food habits, culture, and traditions of our community are very different from others, which gives us our identity and distinguishes us from them.

— Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh

Our attire, our food, our cooking, our customs, our worship, our traditions, all of this distinguishes us from other tribes.

— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

We have to preserve our culture, and the lifestyle and attire of our society show a distinct identity. With this, we can live with pride.

— SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

We are tribal people, our traditions are distinct, our culture is distinct. We all want to preserve them.

— Parikshit Majhi

This defines our unique identity, values, and collective memory.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

This defines our unique identity, values, and collective memory.

— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

Our tribe's identity is defined by this language and our culture. We are completely dependent on the process.

— Ram Kumari

There are many things that define our tribe, such as tribal identity, a deep connection with nature, a collective lifestyle, traditional knowledge, and our connection to folk culture.

— Hemant singh Negi · Noida, Gautam Buddha Nagar, Uttar Pradesh

The factors that define our culture, including our traditions, cultural practices, birth, death, and marriage rituals, are distinct from other tribes, as is our spoken language.

— Sukhdas Mandavi · Mohla, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh

Social customs and definitions are the identity of a tribe.

— SUKDEV HEMBRAM · Patamda, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand

We are a tribal community. Our language and food are different because of our tribal identity.

— Bharati Khandapatra · Mayurbhanj, Odisha

Tribal culture is our identity, it is connected to our life, so we should protect it.

— Vijay kanesh · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

A tribe is identified by its language and cultural tradition.

— SUKDEV HEMBRAM

Our tribe has many distinct characteristics: be it worship, tradition, or dress and food habits. People don't identify us merely by name; when they come to know us, they partake in our food, and when they understand us, they adopt our attire. This is what makes our tribe unique, and our traditions are distinct.

— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha

Our tribal community is a distinct and unique community known for its culture, traditions, and lifestyle.

— Narvada Sarpota

Own language, attire, cultural rituals

— Krishna pada mahato · Birra, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand

We should preserve our cultural traditions, which gives our society a distinct identity.

— SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

We should preserve our cultural traditions, which gives our society a distinct identity.

— SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

In our culture, our way of life, natural environment, social customs, festivals, attire, dance, and music

— Bharati Khandapatra · Mayurbhanj, Odisha

Living together and preserving our language, dialect, and customs is our pride.

— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

We have to maintain our culture so that our society can get a distinct identity.

— SHIVRAM YADAV