Minister of Scheduled Tribes, Scheduled Castes and Backward Classes Welfare Department, Champai Soren on Wednesday said that litterateurs, writers work selflessly guiding the society with their work. These writers and litterateurs play an important role in knowing and understanding the civilization, culture of tribal society. Soren was addressing litterateurs, writers and research scholars on the second day of Tribal Seminar organized at Tribal Research Institute Morhabadi on the occasion of Jharkhand Tribal Festival.
The two-day Jharkhand Tribal Festival which concluded today features not only art and culture but also a series of seminars on serious topics related to tribal issues. Tribal artists from different states showcased folk dances while dignitaries from India and abroad discussed on tribal philosophy, literature, history and anthropology during the maiden festival.
Many prominent tribal personalities from various fields such as sports and music have been specially invited to attend the festival. While the cultural programme will be held at the Morabadi Ground, the seminars will be held at Dr Ram Dayal Munda Tribal Welfare Research Institute, popularly known as Tribal Research Institute, nearby.
At the seminar, Champai Soren said that in today's modern era, we have to move ahead by preserving the culture and civilization of the tribal society. We have to learn to keep and strengthen the society with our ancestors. He said that for years we have been talking of tribal upliftment. There is also a separate ministry for this, but what is the real development of the tribals even today? It needs to be understood. This type of seminar will help to know about the civilization, culture and status of its social system of the tribal society.
Minister Soren said that efforts are being made to know the art, culture, living-style of tribal society from across the country in the Jharkhand Tribal Festival being celebrated on the occasion of World Tribal Day. He said that on the occasion of World Tribal Day, Chief Minister Hemant Soren has decided to celebrate it as Jharkhand Tribal Festival.
On this occasion Welfare Secretary K. K. Soan said that now we have to think about the empowerment of this society along with the upliftment of the tribal society. By organizing such a seminar in Jharkhand Tribal Festival, the views of writers, writers, research scholars, people of tribal community from different parts of the country will be shared and we will get valuable suggestions from you, which will help in the development and empowerment of tribal society.
The seminars and symposium are an effort to unravel the many pages of tribal history which is yet to be explored. It will help us to know and recognise this community better. The Jharkhand government has taken the decision to take the civilisation and culture of the tribal community on the national stage.
The topics will be broadly divided into four sections — history, anthropology, philosophy and literature of the tribals.
Some of the topics that were discussed in the seminars included “Colonial roots of contemporary land administration, tribal land tenure security and livelihood with special focus on Jharkhand”, “Rethinking the concept of revelation in tribal movement in India”, “Engaging with tribal identity with reference to Jharkhand”, among others.