Upholding Village Tradition

I want to save the tradition.

— Kanaka Pradhan · Titlagarh, Balangir, Odisha

We preserve our linguistic traditions.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

My name is Samarasila Pradhan, Gummamaha Raikia. I want to uphold the tradition of our village.

— Santilata Nayak · Raikia, Kandhamal, 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

My name is Debanti Pradhan from Gumamaha Raikia. I want to preserve the village's tradition.

— Santilata Nayak · Raikia, Kandhamal, Odisha

We want to preserve the dance, songs, and language of our ancestors.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

My name is Ritumma Pradhan from Gujpanga Raikia. I want to preserve our tradition, the Kedu dance rituals.

— Santilata Nayak · Raikia, Kandhamal, Odisha

We want to preserve ancient languages, dances, songs, traditions, food, conservation, nurturing, etc.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

I am a woman of the Munda Munda community. And now we want to save our society, the Munda society, which is our language.

— Laxmi Bagh

Language preservation is necessary to maintain one's own identity.

— SUKDEV HEMBRAM

Protecting one's tradition and culture

— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

My name is Jasmin Ratan from Kandhamal. Our Kui tradition, Dharani Puja, and Kui dance, Karanda dance, and our Kui language. We should be given the right to preserve our tradition, and to keep our tradition, our language, our culture, which is fading, alive, we request the government. Thank you.

— RITARANI PRADHAN · Raikia, Kandhamal, Odisha

My culture should be preserved, and my children should also learn about that culture, which is our tradition.

— Pankajini Chhatria

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

— Parikshit Majhi

It is essential to preserve our mother tongue.

— AbhiLL Ipsa

We want to traditionally preserve our social everyday traditions and the work we do in our community, through which we can preserve our own...

— Pushpalata Surtange · Simga, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh

The main objective is that my culture remains alive for my future generations.

— Devisingh Solanki · Alirajpur, Madhya Pradesh

We will learn and preserve our traditions, language, and dance.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha

To preserve our tradition and pass it on to the next generation. Ram Pujari, Peda Guda, Malkangiri.

— Ramadas Badanayak · Kamarpalli, Malkangiri, Odisha

By learning the language, dance, and songs of the past, we will preserve our language and tradition.

— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha

I want to preserve my Gunjan community, which is seen as having a distinct identity compared to other communities, for example, by using a dhoti and a yellow gamcha.

— SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

We should protect our tribe so that language, traditional knowledge, lifestyle, folk songs, and dances remain.

— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand

It is essential to preserve our culture and tradition.

— Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha

Amarnath Dash Kulumeda. The district is Koraput, the block is Nandapur. I want to bring forward the things our ancestors cherished, and also the language of our ancestors.

— KRUSHNA KHILLO

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

— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh

My name is Tapaswini Pradhan. I wish to uphold the tradition of Gujapanga Raikia because

— Santilata Nayak · Kandhamal, Odisha

so that our culture can be saved

— अमर जीत · Kewata, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

We should save our culture to protect our indigenous identity.

— Kachala Choudhary

So that our culture can be saved.

— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh

To preserve our culture, we must first speak in our own language and also conduct marriages according to our original culture.

— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha

We want to preserve all the languages, dances, and songs of ancient times.

— Gitanjali Bhoi