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I f we talk about festivals, Santhals have mainly two festival which flaunts its rich culture . The first i…
I f we talk about festivals, Santhals have mainly two festival which flaunts its rich culture . The first i…
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T he Tribal or Indigenous communities all over the world have been establishing the concept of peace and c…
Santal always expresses their feelings in movement, and dancing is the oldest forms of emotional expr…
Santals are generous and thoughtful, during formal occasion it is common for the people to greet with tr…
Jantal word combines of two words: Jang+Tol . Jang means for ‘Seed’ and Tol for ‘sow’ ,thus ‘sowing of seed’…
The meaning of ‘Hariar’ in Santali is ‘Green’. This festival is observed when the mother earth is covered wi…
This is the first festival of the year. It falls in the month of Magh ( January to February). There are twel…
PAATA is also one of the famous dances in the santal society. It is like a regional meet of santals, because …
The word dantha means “ dan and tha” i.e. jump and fight. So dantha is one kind of fighting dance. In thi…
‘Karam Bonga’ is believed to be the God of wealth in Sanal society. He is worshiped in the month of Septemb…
Dahar dance as its name indicates is a dance form which is performed on the road(dahar). This dance is perfor…
‘Baha’ in Santali means flower. Baha is one of the main festival of santals. After the harsh winter when th…
The word 'dong' is derived from the word don ie. jump. So dong dance is performed by jumping only. …
Every Santal village has a specific common ground or location called ‘Akhra’ where villagers, gather where …
From ancient, Santal society has belief of considering sindur as Bonga Baha i.e flower of God and Goddess. M…
Santal believes that widow re-marriage is essential because men and women both are equal to each other in ea…
As a tribal, freedom is the born instinct of Santal, this is how they have made their society a society wher…
“Bity em Beta Nam” is a very old proverb in the santal society which means if you give daughter you will…
Tunki means ‘small basket’ while ‘Dipil’ means ‘bearing’, therefore Tunkidipil means- ‘Bearing a small bas…
Unlike Sange bariyat marriage, Hadam Bariyat is about the participation of limited numbers of bariyat. M…
DUAR BAPLA OR DOL BAPLA Like Sange Bariyat , Duar Bapla is also a topmost, prestigious and costly ma…
AHRE BAHRE NEL(Outward Inspection) This “Ahre Bahre Nel” is a duty of girls party. Before going to dee…
RAIBAR AND RAIBARIJ Marriage is such a thing in the society which has no direct approach, though every p…
ATU MONE HOR It is a assembly of five men . Generally experienced and old man of the village adourn th…
NAIKE- The word Naike means”Nai-e-kamiya okoy” i.e the person who can serve the best. The santals beli…
Within the establishment of Santal village , Majhi is appointed whose main concern covers up the issue like…