Tribal culture can be preserved in real terms only by appreciating its natural form. This was stated by speakers at a national symposium on tribal culture and arts at Academy of Administration here on Friday.
Subject experts will express their views on tribal traditions, social fabric, education, employment and visual aspects of tribal arts during the 2-day symposium.
At the inaugural session, senior journalist Girijashankar said that apart from human beings, nature also forms part of tribal life. Nature is the mainstream in their lives. Referring to preservation of tribal culture, Girijashankar said that roots of tribal culture have been undermined due to artificiality and continuous commercial display. About civilised society, Girijashankar said that it was still searching its roots and he also laid emphasis on ending competition between civilised society and tribal culture.
National Award winner Arjun Singh Dhurve said that it was necessary to understand mindset of tribals for appreciating their culture. He said that tribal culture was undergoing constant change with time. The biggest concern was to ensure that young tribal generation was kept connected with their original culture.
Senior author and expert of tribal culture Basant Nirgune said that life of tribals was love for nature. They revered hills, jungles and rivers. Nature formed important part in their art and culture. They also loved wildlife.
Nirgune said that folklores of tribal people were not mythical and added that their lifestyle could suffer damage due to changing times, but their ability could not be ended.
Director Tribal Research Institute (TRI) Devendra Singhai informed that resolve-51 of Madhya Pradesh Vidhan Sabha Sankalp-2010 was preservation of tribal culture and dialects. For preserving tribal oral traditions, TRI has documented various tribal clans' traditional songs, tales, lores, drama forms etc. The symposium was conducted by Research Officer lN Payodhi. He also threw light on symposium's objectives.