A dimension within Odia & Munda Heritage
This theme explores the intersection of language, culture, identity, heritage, and community lifestyle, including food and traditions.
150 voices speak to this
Positive
Overall Community Sentiment
Our spoken languages, lifestyle, and attire are the identity of our community.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
From language and attire
— अमर जीत · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
From language and attire
— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Own language, attire, cultural rituals
— Krishna pada mahato · Birra, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
Our community's language, dialect, cuisine, lifestyle, customs, attire, traditions, and culture are all distinct from others, and this is our identity.
— Rupesh Maravi · Balaghat, Madhya Pradesh
Our tribe can primarily be identified by its spoken language, lifestyle, and attire.
— SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Such as our speech, language, and words, our lifestyle, and our way of dressing.
— arun raja · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
From clothing, food, language
— 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
By observing our Kharia language, our attire, our conversations, and our festivals, one can identify our community.
— Priti majhi
People identify our tribe by observing our Khadia language, our attire, our conversations, and our festivals.
— Priti majhi
Food, language, customs
— Krishna pada mahato · Birra, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
Our culture, language, and origin are our identity.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Differences in customs, attire, traditional Kui language, local cooked food and drink, our livelihood, etc.
— Sudhakar Pradhan · Kandhamal, Odisha
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
Our culture is the special identity of our being tribal. This includes our attire, food habits, worship, and lifestyle.
— ANIL KUMAR · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Tribals have their own distinct traditions, customs, festivals, different attire, and different language.
— Kachala Choudhary
Our attire, our food, our cooking, our customs, our worship, our traditions, all of this distinguishes us from other tribes.
— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha
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
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
Language, cultural, social, rituals.
— SUKDEV HEMBRAM
These are how our tribe dresses, talks, plays, dances, sings, and celebrates festivals. We are different from other communities.
— Priti majhi
A tribe is identified by its language and cultural tradition.
— SUKDEV HEMBRAM
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 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
By observing our tribe's language, dances, songs, and worship festivals, one can understand that we are distinct from other communities.
— Priti majhi
We are a tribal community. Our language and food are different because of our tribal identity.
— Bharati Khandapatra · Mayurbhanj, Odisha
Our tribe is different from other communities in many respects because its food habits, attire, languages, folk songs, dances, and customs are all distinct.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Our culture, traditions, customs, food habits, worship, lifestyle, and lineage define our identity.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
Tradition and culture are an identity.
— SUKDEV HEMBRAM
The traditional practices, our culture, customs and traditions, our language, and attire of our society are very different from other societies, which sets our community apart from others.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
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
We are different from others because of our language, caste system, customs, songs, and dances.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
Our tribal community is unique. Our tribal people are distinct because our attire, our cuisine, our lifestyle, and all our customs are different.
— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha
In our culture, our way of life, natural environment, social customs, festivals, attire, dance, and music
— Bharati Khandapatra · Mayurbhanj, Odisha
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 our identity
— Laba Kumar sabar · Bada Baridi, Rayagada, Odisha
When we say Adivasi, people identify us as Adivasi by observing our attire, customs, dance, music, and conversations.
— Priti majhi
Living together and preserving our language, dialect, and customs is our pride.
— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh
The language, culture, and traditions of the tribe are distinct from other societies. Food and customs.
— SUKDEV HEMBRAM
