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Adibasi Sanskruti Gabesana Parishad
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1. The organization has

The achieves of palm leaf manuscripts These manuscripts include epics, myths, Ayurveda, (traditional medicine) tantra (magic and esoteric knowledge), mantra- worship songs, chants and the Ramayana and the Mahabharata, Brahmanda Purana( Creation myth of the Universe)

"PURJA" - caste genealogies of the Gond tribe of Orissa, The Parghania community own this purja as the depository of caste lineage of the eight Gonds of Central India.

“GOVA”- the Kondh myth recited during buffalo sacrifice. It is a long narrative myth consists of creation myth of the universe and Kondh origin and settlement.

Lakshmi janam: by Poet Paramananda,a Devguru-(caste singer) for Goddess lakshmi- goddess of wealth

Dandanata:handwritten epic drama on Shiva and Parvati related to marriage and vegitation.Creation of paddy and initiation of cultivation of land through agriculture technology.

Handwritten notes and documents in tribal oral tradition and material culture

2. About 300 audiocassettes on

  • Folk tales
  • Folk Songs
    Oral epics
  • Biographies of oral epic singers. Story tellers: geet kudia
  • Narratives and Songs Performed by tribal women
  • Folk Music
  • Musical Instruments
  • 3. About 10 Video CDs on

Saora Tribe
Dongria Kondh Tribe
Oral Epics Singers
Ghumra Dance
Mandal Dance
Rare pictures of kalahandi

4. About 500 books on tribal songs and tales

5. A library with more than 500 books on folklore and literature

(Donated by John Miles Foley, Head, Department of Oral Tradition, Missouri University, and World Bank, UNESCO and WIPO, UNEP, IKDM, Do Cip, and many individual donors)

6. More than 5000 photographs on different aspects if tribal culture in Orissa

7. Manuscripts of Desia Naat and folk drama, music and dance

 
 
 
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