World Tribal Day celebrated with enthusiasm in Hazaribagh
Jharkhand News: On the occasion of World Tribal Day, people of tribal community in Hazaribagh, Latehar and Giridih celebrated it with enthusiasm. All the guests present in the program organized by Tribal Students’ Union and Central Sarna Samiti including other tribal organizations were welcomed in a traditional way at Hazaribagh’s Nagar Bhavan. On this occasion, Chief Guest DDC Prerna Dixit said that tribal society should join the mainstream of the society by taking along their language and culture. He called upon people to come forward to remove illiteracy prevailing in the society. Citing the example of Toda, a tribe of Tamil Nadu, he said that this tribe has preserved its language and culture along with development. Regarding Birhor, a tribal tribe of Jharkhand, he asked other tribes to come forward to connect them with the mainstream. Also said that the government is continuously running schemes for the development of all tribal communities. The administration is working to take the schemes to them. Along with the government, administration, common people also need to work hard to educate the Birhor tribes. On the other hand, special guest trainee IAS Sulochana Meena said that there is a need to understand the language and culture of all the tribal communities living in India. Their language and culture are different in different regions. He needs more encouragement. The government is constantly trying to advance the people of the tribal community related to language, art and culture.
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The program started by lighting the island
The program was inaugurated by people associated with many tribal organizations including DDC Prerna Dixit, Trainee IAS Sulochana Meena by lighting the island. On this occasion, the people of tribal society settled in different villages and localities of the city started reaching Nagar Bhawan for the program from 10 am itself. The artists associated with the cultural organization of their locality, while performing traditional songs and dances, showed their unity and culture by reaching the venue in a group. A cultural program was presented by various organizations at Nagar Bhawan. The program was presided over by Sushil Odaiya, Central Vice President of Tribal Students Union, Sunil Lakda, Secretary, Sarna Committee.
Tribal Day celebrated with pomp in Mahuadand block of Latehar
Here, on the occasion of World Tribal Day in Mahuadand block of Latehar district, a bike procession was taken out by Chhechhadi Adivasi Yuva Jagruti Manch. Also a cultural program was organized. The bike procession started by garlanding Shaheed Chowk. On this occasion garlanded the statues of Jeetu Kisan and Mithu Kisan. Along with garlanding the statue of Lord Birsa Munda at Birsa Chowk, the bike rally reached village Chatakpur on 21 Padah. Where cultural programs were organized. During this, along with traditional dance and songs, environmental protection and rights of tribals were talked about.
Appeal to the people of the tribal community to be alert and alert
Addressing the program on this occasion, Jerome Gerald Kujur called upon the people of all tribal communities to be alert and alert in today’s situation. Said that we celebrate Tribal Day as Rights Day. The United Nations Assembly had declared August 9 as World Tribal Day. In the past days, protests were held in Manipur by wearing black badges on Tribal Day regarding the incident which shamed the entire human society and Madhya Pradesh urine scandal. Other speakers while addressing the meeting said that tribals are the protectors of nature. Our culture is the identity of the tribals. That’s why we should protect water, forest and land. In the cultural programme, a tribal dance competition took place between the teams coming from different villages of the block. Along with this, tribal fancy dress competition was also organized among 11 children. Chatakpur Youth conducted the stage. Father Dilip Ekka, Ajit Paul Kujur, Vinod Oraon, block chief Kanchan Kujur, deputy chief Abhay Minj, senior Congress leader Iftekhar Ahmed and all panchayat head representatives and villagers were present on the occasion.
Folk dance presentation tied the knot in Giridih
On the other hand, a program was organized on Tribal Day at Scholar B.Ed College, Banhatti, Giridih. On this occasion, flowers were offered to the portrait of the great personality of the tribal society and bowed down to him. During this, folk dance was also presented by the trainee students. The presentation of folk dance added charm to the programme. On this occasion, Principal Dr. Shalini Khowala, while congratulating and honoring World Tribal Day, reminded her of her duties towards social justice and equality, reminding her of the struggle, prosperity and contributions of the people of all tribal societies. He said that it is our responsibility to live in harmony with all the communities on earth. Don’t celebrate it only as a day, but change life by imbibing it in your life.
Seven day workshop concludes
A speech competition was also organized on this occasion, the topic of which was the contribution of tribal heroes of Jharkhand in India’s freedom struggle. In which DLED in-charge Hardeep Kaur and Sudhanshu Shekhar Jamiyar were included in the role of judges. A large number of trainees participated in this competition. Pawan Kumar Pandit was given first and Puja Verma second prize for doing better in the competition. On the other hand, Anand Kumar Verma was awarded for doing better in the essay competition. During this, the seven-day workshop organized in the college was also concluded. Apart from Praveen Kumar Mishra, all the lecturers, non-teaching staff, trainee students of the college were present on the occasion.