A dimension within Living Cultural Heritage
Dedicated to reviving traditional culture, food, and language with community support.
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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
According to tradition, we are trying to keep it alive till today. We have preserved our art, culture, dance, and music as a community. We request the government to grant official recognition to preserve our culture.
— Anirudha Marai
We are tribal people, our traditions are distinct, our culture is distinct. We all want to preserve them.
— Parikshit Majhi
We want to preserve our language, dance, and songs.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
To save our tradition and culture
— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We want to preserve ancient languages, dances, songs, traditions, food, conservation, nurturing, etc.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We want to preserve our language, dance, and music.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
We preserve our linguistic traditions.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We want to preserve the dance, songs, and language of our ancestors.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We want to preserve our culture because it is our tradition, such as songs and music.
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Mukasim, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Ratnagiri Pradhan village and Rajgora Panchayat, Konda Kanjamedi block, Konagazi Konabala. The traditional dance and music from our past are currently disappearing. Therefore, we want to revive and preserve those dances, songs, and traditional songs. We also want to revive traditional foods like Kandula, Biri, Kuiri, Kangu by cultivating them. If we preserve this tradition, the quality of our traditional food will be beneficial for us. Therefore, we will continue our efforts to preserve them.
— Sidheswar Nayak · Nuagaon, Kandhamal, Odisha
By learning the language, dance, and songs of ancient times, we preserve our tradition.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We will learn and preserve our traditions, language, and dance.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
To preserve culture
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
To preserve one's culture.
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
It is essential to preserve our culture and tradition.
— Paradeshi Mirdha · Sambalpur, Odisha
To preserve one's culture
— Vinita Singh Yadav · Dharura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We should protect our culture so that our tradition and culture can be saved.
— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We want to preserve our culture because from it, our
— Manoj Kumar soy · Seraikela-Kharsawan, Jharkhand
To preserve our tradition and culture, we have to protect our heritage and we have to
— Pushpalata Surtange · Simga, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
We should protect our culture because it is our traditional culture.
— SHIVRAM YADAV · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
We want to preserve all the languages, dances, and songs of ancient times.
— Gitanjali Bhoi
To keep our traditional knowledge and cultural skills alive, it is essential for us to preserve our culture.
— Upendra Kumar Mahananda
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
Through traditional songs and dance, we can preserve our culture.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
By learning the language, dance, and songs of the past, we will preserve our language and tradition.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
We should protect our culture so that our traditions, culture, and customs remain in the future.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We should protect our tribe so that language, traditional knowledge, lifestyle, folk songs, and dances remain.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We should preserve our culture so that future generations also know about our cultural traditions.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We will learn from our ancestors to preserve our culture and tradition.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
Our tribe must preserve its culture to carry traditional knowledge from one generation to another.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
We should preserve our culture, which encompasses our traditional singing, dancing, dialects, and languages, and keep it alive.
— SHIVRAM YADAV
We have preserved the tradition by learning the dances, songs, and language of ancient times.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
So that one's tradition and culture can be saved.
— अमर जीत · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our traditional language songs should be new/renewed. Today, we want to preserve our community's language, songs, and dances so that our children can learn about them.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
Our traditional language songs should be new/renewed. Today, we want to preserve our community's language, songs, and dances so that our children can learn about them.
— Anjana Khadia · Sundargarh, Odisha
We should preserve our culture so that it remains alive in the future.
— Sukhdas Mandavi · Mohla, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh
Our tribal community, our language, our songs, our forest, our seeds, our food, and our way of life – all these make us unique, and we must officially preserve them.
— Ulapi Sahu · Balangir, Odisha
Today, we must preserve our tradition.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
We have to protect our culture so that our daily dance, music, etc., continue to the next generation.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
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.

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

Amidst modern stresses, our community finds strength and identity in safeguarding traditional knowledge and cultural practices through the wisdom of elders.

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.

The people of Udulibeda emphasize the vital role of traditional knowledge in cultivating local foods, stewarding the land, and ensuring their community's self-sufficiency for generations to come.