Culture
Music and Dance
Music and Dance Tirio: The instrument most favoured by Santals, is bamboo flute with seven holes. It is viewed as a symbols of love and seduction. Dhodro banam: is a bowed instrument carv…
Culture
Santali Diasporas
Santali Diasporas There were no written histories and documents about SANTALS until recent centuries. They have been preserved and passed on through the generations by spoken word in the for…
Culture
Administration
Administration The cultural analysis of the Santal village administration would pave the way for a clear understanding of the economic and political stratification and their history and evolu…
Culture
Birth Rituals In Santhal Culture
Neem Daka Birth When Santal women get pregnant, she and her husband observe certain taboos. The husband during his wife’s pregnancy never kills any animal nor participates in any fu…
Culture
Marriage & Divorce In Santhal Culture
Dance During A Marriage Ceremony Marriage The Santali name for marriage is called /Bapla/. In Santal society, marriage is one of sacred event of life and marriage adds up considerable resp…
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Santali Language, Culture & History
The Santali language is part of the Austro-Asiatic family, distantly related to Vietnamese and Khmer . A few of the Indian anthropologists also believe that humans first came to India about 6…
- Bapi Murmu
- Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, India
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