A dimension within Language & Arts Traditions
Safeguarding cultural heritage, including language, folklore, and the arts.
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Overall Community Sentiment
Songs, dances, and folktales are important mediums for transferring traditional knowledge from one generation to another. The government should take steps to preserve and promote our songs, dances, and folktales.
— Praska Gangarao
Songs, dances, and folktales are important mediums for transferring traditional knowledge from one generation to another. The government should take steps to preserve and promote songs, dances, and folktales.
— Praska Gangarao
The government should take steps to pass on our culture, preserving songs, dances, and folk tales, from one generation to another.
— anita khora · Katalaguda, Koraput, Odisha
The government should take steps to preserve songs, dances, and folk tales and ensure their transmission from one generation to the next.
— anita khora · Sutipadar, Koraput, Odisha
Songs, dances, and folk tales are mediums to transfer traditional knowledge from one generation to another.The government should preserve and promote traditional songs, dances, and folk tales in our community so that our mother tongue continues to be spoken by the next generation.Weddings, traditional songs, dances, mandal, and dhol instruments give identity to our tribe - women and men play traditional games.
— DASHARATH SINGH · Sambalpur, Odisha
Songs, dances, and folktales are important mediums for transferring traditional knowledge from one generation to another. This should be preserved.
— sudhir gamanga · Kharlingi, Housingboard Colony, Rayagada
Songs, dances, and folk tales are mediums for transferring traditional knowledge from one generation to another. The government should preserve and promote traditional songs, dances, and folk tales in our community. Our mother tongue should continue to be spoken by the next generation. Weddings, traditional songs, dances, Mandali (drum), and Dhol musical instruments give identity to our tribe. Both women and men play traditional games.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
We should preserve our culture so that knowledge can be passed from one generation to another through our songs and dances.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Songs, dances, and folk tales are the means to transfer traditional knowledge from one generation to another. The government should preserve and promote traditional songs, dances, and folk tales in our community. Our mother tongue should continue to be spoken by the next generation. Weddings, traditional songs, dances, Mandals, and Dhol musical instruments define the identity of our tribe. Women and men play traditional games.
— DASHARATH SINGH · Sambalpur, Odisha
Songs, dances, and folktales are important mediums for transferring traditional knowledge from one generation to another. The government should take steps to preserve and promote traditional songs, dances, and folktales in our community. I think our mother tongue should continue to be spoken by the next generation. Marriages, traditional songs, dances, and the Mandar instrument give identity to our tribe - women and girls play games with traditional music.
— DASHARATH SINGH · Sambalpur, Odisha
Songs, dances, and folktales are mediums to transfer traditional knowledge from one generation to another. The government should preserve and promote traditional songs, dances, and folktales in our community. Our mother tongue should continue to be spoken by the next generation. Marriages, traditional songs, dances, Mandar, and Dhol instruments give identity to our tribe - women and men play traditional games.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
Songs, dances, and folk tales are mediums for transferring traditional knowledge from one generation to another. The government should preserve and promote traditional songs, dances, and folk tales in our community. Our mother tongue should continue to be spoken by the next generation. Marriage, traditional songs, dances, Mandals, and Dhol musical instruments provide identity to our tribe - women and men play traditional games.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Jamunkira, Sambalpur, Odisha
Songs, dances, and folktales are the mediums to transfer traditional knowledge from one generation to another. The government should preserve and promote traditional songs, dances, and folktales in our community. Our mother tongue should continue to be spoken by the next generation. Marriages, traditional songs, dances, Mandals, and Dhol musical instruments provide identity to our tribe. Women and men play traditional games.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
The government should promote our culture and folk dance songs so that they are known from generation to generation.
— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Kasdol, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
The government should take steps to preserve and promote traditional songs, dances, and folk tales in our community.
— AbhiLL Ipsa
We should preserve our cultural traditions, games, dances, songs, stories, conversations, and all these for the next generation.
— Priti majhi
The government should take steps to preserve and promote traditional songs, dances, and folklore in our community.
— AbhiLL Ipsa
Songs, dances, and folktales are a medium for transferring traditional knowledge from one generation to another. To the government, for preserving and promoting traditional songs, dances, and folktales in our community. Our mother tongue should continue to be spoken by the next generation. Marriages, traditional songs, dances, mandal, and dhol musical instruments give identity to our tribe – women and men play traditional games.
— Kumudini Chhanchan · Bhojpur, Sambalpur, Odisha
One should preserve their cultural traditions, games, dances, songs, stories, and conversations for the next generation.
— Priti majhi
Cultural stories like dance, song, and play should be preserved so that they don't disappear.
— Priti majhi
Our culture's games, dances, songs, and festivals should be preserved. They should be kept so that our future generations can know about them.
— Priti majhi
Our culture, including games, dance, songs, and festivals, should be preserved. It should be kept so that our coming generations can know it.
— Priti majhi
Through traditional songs and dance, we can preserve our culture.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Karamdihi, Sundargarh, Odisha
We should preserve our culture because cultural dances, songs, and musical instruments also serve as entertainment, and children too.
— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Kasdol, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
Hmm, certainly, the government should take steps to preserve and promote the traditional songs, dances, and folk tales of our community.
— gobardhan pangi
Dance, sing, play. Cultural stories should be preserved so that they do not disappear.
— Priti majhi
The government should take important steps to preserve our culture. It is also important to preserve things like songs, dances, and musical instruments.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Our children should not forget our traditional cultural dance, songs, and games.
— Laxmi
We have to protect our culture so that our daily dance, music, etc., continue to the next generation.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our dance, songs, worship, festivals, conversations, games, and sports should be preserved for our coming generations to know.
— Priti majhi
Traditional folk dance and traditional song should be preserved.
— Kachala Choudhary
We want to preserve our language, dance, and songs.
— Gitanjali Bhoi · Sundargarh, Odisha
Our culture, including games, dance, songs, festivals, and so on, must be preserved for our future generations to witness and comprehend.
— Priti majhi
You must preserve your culture for your future generations, because people learn old games, dances, and songs.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Songs, dances, and folk tales are important mediums for transferring traditional knowledge from one generation to another.
— AbhiLL Ipsa
It is appropriate to preserve our culture, games, dance, songs, worship, and festivals for the coming generation.
— Priti majhi
Songs, dances, and folktales are important mediums for transferring traditional knowledge from one generation to another.
— AbhiLL Ipsa
Songs, dances, and folktales are important mediums for transferring traditional knowledge from one generation to another.
— Batakrushna Sahoo
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
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Amidst modern stresses, our community finds strength and identity in safeguarding traditional knowledge and cultural practices through the wisdom of elders.

We pass on traditional and new tribal knowledge from elders to young people through organized camps, ensuring it endures for future generations.

We ensure our children's well-being and cultural continuity by teaching them about the forest's bounty and the richness of our ancestral language and traditions.

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.