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Fairs and festivals have been a part of the fabric of tribal India for thousands of years. Even today there traditions continue in all the 573 tribal groups prevalent in the country. At the same time the forces of social change are erasing some of the customs and traditions associated with tribal fairs and festivals. This book unveils fairs and festive celebrations of some major tribes of India. The subject is vast though, but some one has to start with a small ...
Man has made use of masks in dance rituals, dramas, folk songs, temples, and different socio-cultural contexts. In South India masks are worn by Kathakali Dancers, to depict good and evil characters from Hindu epics. Masks find an important place in Hindu festival celebration such as Dasera, Durga Puja and Ram Navami. Tribal societies in India too use have mask characters. Some of the tribes using masks are Bhils, Garasia, Bison Horn Madia, Santhals, Oraons etc. ...
India truely is an anthropological laboratory, because of it social cultural, ethnic, religious, linguistic and regional diversity. Different varied groups of people present a variety of lifestyles and fascinating forms of behaviour. These unique cultural forms and the changes that are taking place in them, are the basis of social science theories. The authors have made a humble effort to study representatives of a group of people which is in itself very diverse. ...