This compilation of fifteen essays seeks to examine some important aspects of tribal and folk tradition in India, with special reference to the tradition of ‘Yatra’ of West Odisha. It analyses the role of co-existence in bringing about cultural changes in rural and tribal areas in the perspective of tribal-caste interaction, tribal-non-tribal interaction and little tradition-great tradition.
Further, it relates the revivalism of tribal and folk tradition to the emerging local socio-economic and political aspirations of the elite and the persistence of the tribal and folk tradition. Finally, it tries to establish the distinctiveness of this ‘Yatra’ tradition through tribe-cast and tribal-non-tribal interactions over the centuries.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Chitrasen Pasayat
Dr. Chitrasen Pasayat did his M.A. (1984), M. Phil. (1986) and Ph.D. (1991) in Sociology from Jawaharalal Nehru University, New Delhi. He was the recipient of National Scholarship (1978-82). He qualified the NET conducted by the UGC. New Delhi and awarded Fellowship (1985-91). He has to his credit more than forty research papers published in various journals namely Man in India, The Eastern Anthropologist, Man and Development , Urban India, The Oriental Anthropologist, Adivasi, The Orissa Historical Research Journal, Banaja, Orissa Review and in many edited books. He is associated with various learned bodies and associations. He is the Life-Member of the Indian Sociological Society, New Delhi; Ethnographic and Folkculture Society, Lucknow; Institute of Applied Anthropology and Social Research, Bidisa; Orissa Economic Association; The Institute of Oriya Studies, Cuttack; Indian Folklore Association, Kolkata. He is the Founding Member and Vice-President of Association for Linking Community Education Development, Bargarh. His current interest in research are Tribal Studies, Development Issues, Childhood Studies, Ethnicity and Folkculture.
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