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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