A dimension within Indigenous Forest Livelihoods
Highlights the spiritual and cultural reverence indigenous peoples hold for the natural world.
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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.
Drawing strength from ancient customs and the jungle's bounty, our community thrives by living independently and preserving traditional foodways for future generations.
In remote mountain forests, a community navigates daily life, preserving ancient crops and adapting cultural traditions amidst evolving times.
We are tribals who worship nature, depending on its plants for our health and sustenance, while maintaining traditional farming with zero irrigation.
Our tribal community shares how to cultivate vital crops like chickpeas, corn, and lentils, even in dry conditions without relying on irrigation.
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 is different from other tribes because our festivals, food, lifestyle, worship, and everything else is different. We live our lives according to our own ways; our eating and drinking habits are also different, and we also eat tubers and fruits from the forests.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We tribals are completely different from other castes; our ancestors used to live in forests and sustained themselves by eating fruits, flowers, etc., from the forest.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our rituals and environment are different from other tribes.
— Sukhdas Mandavi · Mohla, Mohla-Manpur-Ambagarh Chowki, Chhattisgarh
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 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 tribe is different from other castes in that we are in our forest far from the city.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
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
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 tribals, and our food, drink, attire, dance, and music are different from other tribes.
— Bharati Khandapatra · Mayurbhanj, Odisha
The tribal community is different from other communities because its lifestyle, diet, and worship methods are connected to nature.
— SUKDEV HEMBRAM · East Singhbhum, Jharkhand
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 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
We are a tribal community. Our language and food are different because of our tribal identity.
— Bharati Khandapatra · Mayurbhanj, Odisha
Our caste lives in the jungle, far from villages and cities, and consumes things from the jungle, and that is why they are different.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar 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 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 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
Our tribals are different from others because their lifestyle is different, customs are different, traditional food and drink are different. Musical instruments are also different.
— Sunil oraon · Ranchi, Jharkhand
Due to us tribal people not being educated, we are very different from others. This is why we...
— Kamleah Kumar · Ormaura, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
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
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
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 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 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 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 tribe is unique because we worship nature, we worship the forest and the land.
— Kachala Choudhary
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
Tribal people generally live in forests, live in hills, eat forest products, so they lead a different life from ordinary people.
— Kunakanta Behera · Dashapalla, Nayagarh, Odisha
The lifestyle, culture, and traditions of the tribal community are very different.
— Ram Maravi · Mandla, Madhya Pradesh
Adivasi is neither a caste nor a pretense; it has its own civilization and culture. It relies entirely on nature. We Adivasis live in forests, live an independent life, and have a unique art of living.
— Ram Kumari · Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our tribe is different from others because we are also involved with herbs, animal husbandry, insects, and others.
— Vijay Kumar bhardwaj · Kasdol, Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh
We are nature worshippers who follow tribal customary practices. Our culture, customs, attire, and traditions are unwritten, which are unique.
— 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
We, the tribal community, practice animal husbandry, raising goats and sheep, which is why we live in the jungle and keep ourselves separate from other communities' practices.
— arun raja · Kon, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our tribal community is a distinct and unique community known for its culture, traditions, and lifestyle.
— Narvada Sarpota
We are far away in the jungle with the village, and it has a name, and we use herbs and fish. We are different from our caste.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
Our community lives by building homes in the forests, hunting wild animals, and sustaining themselves by eating tamarind, mango, guava, and other produce found in the forest. Thus, they belong to a different way of life.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
We eat jujubes, mangoes, and various wild fruits in our diet, and we live our lives by consuming them. We are a distinct community, separate from others, brother.
— bachcha lal · Shahganj, Sonbhadra, Uttar Pradesh
These are how our tribe dresses, talks, plays, dances, sings, and celebrates festivals. We are different from other communities.
— Priti majhi
