A dimension within Indigenous Language Preservation
This theme explores the deep connection between indigenous identity, culture, language, and reverence for nature.
150 voices speak to this
Positive
Overall Community Sentiment
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 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 different because our language and culture are different, and we are nature worshipers.
— Sukhdas Mandavi · Mohla, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh
Our spoken language, attire, food, lifestyle, our culture, customs and traditions, and system are completely different from others, and it is unwritten. We, the people of the Adivasi Gond community, are worshippers of nature, which sets us apart from others.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Our tribe is different from others; we are Lanjia Saora tribals, and all our traditions and customs are unique.
— Samana Mandangi
Our tribe is different from others because our language, culture, and traditions are very different from theirs. Our food habits and livelihood are very different from theirs. That is why we are different.
— Laxmi · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
We are the Kharia tribal community. And we worship the trees, pillars, and soil of the forest. And accordingly, our festivals, our language are also different. That's why we are separate.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
Our rituals and environment are different from other tribes.
— Sukhdas Mandavi · Mohla, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh
Our tribe is different from others because our language, culture, and traditions are very distinct from theirs. Our food, drink, and livelihood are also very different from theirs. That's why we are different.
— Laxmi · Subdega, Sundargarh, 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
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
We, the people of the tribal community, are worshippers of nature and are connected to water, forest, and land. Our culture and traditions are unwritten, which makes us different from others.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
We are unique in our way of speaking.
— Sunita Kumari · Ghorawal, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We are a tribal community. Our language and food are different because of our tribal identity.
— Bharati Khandapatra · Mayurbhanj, Odisha
Our tribe is distinct from others because its culture and traditions are different, its languages are different. Its internal unity is also distinct.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Our tribe's own language script is different from other tribes.
— Krishna pada mahato · Beltnar, East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
Our tribe is different from others because its clothing, lifestyle, and cultural and traditional customs are all distinct from those of other communities.
— Sunil oraon
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
We are different from others because of our language, caste system, customs, songs, and dances.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
We are farmers by community, our language is different, that is why we are also different.
— Pankajini Chhatria
Our tribe is completely different from other castes. Our lifestyle and food habits are completely different. We are completely dependent on nature. We also get various food items from nature. We worship nature.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our tribe's conservative traditions, culture, customs, spoken language, and attire are completely distinct from others. We are the protectors of water, forest, and land; the most unique, the most innocent, and the most special of all.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
We are of the Kharia Adivasi tribe. And we worship the trees, posts, and soil of the forest. Accordingly, our festivals and our language are also different. That's why we cannot mix with other communities.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
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 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 tribe is different from other castes because its eating habits and lifestyle are distinct. Its culture, traditions, and customs are different.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
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
We have a script in our Santali language, that's why we are different from other tribes.
— Bharati Khandapatra · Mayurbhanj, Odisha
We are the indigenous people, our language is a bit different, and these are ours.
— Laxmi Bagh · Subdega, Sundargarh, Odisha
By observing our tribe's language, dances, songs, and worship festivals, one can understand that we are distinct from other communities.
— Priti majhi
In our Oram tribe, marriages and ritualistic feasts are specially conducted according to the decisions of our community. Because we also have a special language, we are unique.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha
These are how our tribe dresses, talks, plays, dances, sings, and celebrates festivals. We are different from other communities.
— Priti majhi
Our tribe is distinctly different from others because in our tribe, food habits are different, customs are different, lifestyle is different, and even folk songs and practices are different.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Our tribal Gond community are nature worshippers who protect water, forest, and land, which indeed makes our society completely different from others.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Our culture, customs, and traditions are unwritten, which sets us apart from others. We have primarily been nature worshippers from our ancestors.
— Rupesh Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Our community is completely different from other communities. We have our own language, dance, and songs, which other communities do not.
— Puspanjali Nag
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
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 are tribals, and our food, drink, attire, dance, and music are different from other tribes.
— Bharati Khandapatra · Mayurbhanj, Odisha
Our tribe is unique because we worship nature, we worship the forest and the land.
— Kachala Choudhary
