My Son's Hair is Part of a Thousand-Year-Old Tribal Culture. His School Called it a 'Fad.' State Lawmakers Must Protect the Cultural and Religious Expression of Indigenous Students Proposed ...

It serves social, political and religious purposes. A body adorned with jewelries/ornaments, paintings, tattoos, tribal traditional identification marks, decorative cuts, hairstyles body designs ...

Narayanpur Collector Ajeet Vasant told The Hindu that the meeting was called by the tribal groups to raise “their grievances regarding religious conversions in the district”. Also read ...

The film deals with the topic of religious conversions in the tribal-majority state of Odisha (Orissa). The trailer shows how indigenous groups are being converted and deprived of their lands.

and Mudhar Pahad as tribal religious places, a separate religious code in the census, and withdrawal of policies promoting alcohol in tribal-dominated rural areas.

“Tribal have unique tradition, culture and religious practices. We have to respect it,” the official said. The tribal cell at Governor’s Office conducted a survey in tribal areas and found ...

"The concern of protecting the traditional religious existence of tribals is certainly a serious question. Today, the demand for Tribal and Sarna Religious Code is being raised so that this nature ...