Rajbanshi tribe celebrate an 800-year-old Gadadhar fair in Cooch Behar. Community Correspondent Bikash Burman shows the celebrations which are attended by over a million people and narrates the history behind the festival. This video was made by a Video Volunteers Community Correspondent Bikash Burman. Community Correspondents come from marginalised communities...
Every year in October, tribal communities from different areas display their arts and crafts at the Dima Jatra cultural festival which takes place at the Dima tea gardens in West Bengal. In 2015, people celebrated 60 years of the Dima Jatra festival. “Participating teams are welcomed in the field with joy....
A youth, Umar Nisar, of South Kashmir’s Tral town, has developed an Internet Radio all by himself after working tirelessly for eight months. When a man aspires to do something there absolutely is no stopping to it. One such example is of a teenage youth of Tral town in South...
Sarhul is one of the biggest tribal festivals of Jharkhand. It is celebrated during the spring season as flowers blossom on the Saal trees. Sarhul literally means ‘Worship of Saal’ and is dedicated to mother earth. People sing and dance when the new flowers appear. The deities are worshiped with...
Padugada village, Dhanbad, Jharkhand | Bharti Kumari Karma and Jitiya festivals are very important to the Kurmi community. Unmarried girls pray for their brothers during Karma which is celebrated around August 11, while Jitiya, which is the occasion for married women to pray for the well-being of their children, follows...
Ranchi, Jharkhand | Nirmala Ekka Ranchi Lake (Bada Talab) is a man-made lake dug by the British in the heart of the city in 1842. The Ranchi Lake used to offer a beautiful and unique experience to the visitors. Located far away from the hustle and bustle of city life,...
Kairodi Village, West Singhbhum District, Jharkhand | Xavier Hamsay A new scientific method of lac cultivation is picking up in Jharkhand, a state which contributed about 56% to India’s total lac produced in 2013-14. A local farmer, Gopi Chaki has been doing his bit to promote this method among tribal...
5th June 2015 | Gayarmunda Village, Deoghar, Odisha | Dashrathi Behera For those whose lives are so intricately tied up with the land, rivers and forests of a region, celebrating and worshipping nature is an integral part of their cultures. While on one hand rampant mining, badly planned dams and...
