Redefining Folklore: From Academic Domain to Public Sphere
Redefining Folklore: From Academic Domain to Public Sphere Home Redefining Folklore: From Academic Domain to Public Sphere Redefining Folklore: From Academic Domain to Public Sphere Mahendra Kumar Mishra 3 In 1989, we conducted a seminar on Gond folklore in a Gondi village. Eighty Gond traditional leaders attended the meeting. Government sanctioned three thousand rupees to […]
A Hero of the Mahabharata in Folklore of Central India
A Hero of the Mahabharata in Folklore of Central India Home A Hero of the Mahabharata in Folklore of Central India Dr Mahendra K Mishra The Ramayana and the Mahabharata composed by Valmiki and Vyasa respectively, have given due importance to each and every part of the subcontinent encompassing lands, forests, mountains, rivers and peoples […]
Toki Parab: A festival of female Infanticide in Kalahandi
Toki Parab: A festival of female Infanticide in Kalahandi Home Toki Parab: A festival of female Infanticide in Kalahandi Mahendra K Mishra Introduction : Toki Parab is a festival observed by the Kondh-paraja tribe of Kalahandi and Koraput districts in the state of Orissa. The Kondh-paraja tribe live in the Jaipatna, Koksora and Thuamul Rampur […]
Influence of the Ramayana Tradition on the Folklore of Central India
Influence of the Ramayana Tradition on the Folklore of Central India Home Influence of the Ramayana Tradition on the Folklore of Central India Mahendra K Mishra The present study is based mainly on the available folklore material of Central India. While studying it, the influence of the Ramayana tradition upon the indigenous tradition has been […]
Sacred worldview in tribal memory: sustaining nature through cultural actions
Sacred worldview in tribal memory: sustaining nature through cultural actions Home Sacred worldview in tribal memory: sustaining nature through cultural actions Mahendra K Mishra State Tribal Education Coordinator Orissa, India et’s imagine a tribal habitation without a road. Before the road, no jeep or truck could reach there. No forest contractors, forest officers were in […]
Ramkatha in Oral Narratives and folk performance of Orissa
Ramkatha in Oral Narratives and folk performance of Orissa Home Ramkatha in Oral Narratives and folk performance of Orissa Mahendra Kumar Mishra, Orissa The number of Ramayanas and the range of their influence in South and South east Asia over the past twenty-five hundred years or more are astonishing. Sanskrit alone contains some twenty five […]