HUMAN RIGHTS FOR INDIGENOUS FESTIVALS

India is the land of multi religions, castes, ethnic groups, cultures and festivals. But as we see, in individual and public life, only one group's culture, religion, languages and specially festivals are giving prominence all through the year. The other indigenous cultural festivals particularly are conveniently neglected thus causing massive folkloric erosion at the grass root level of the indigenous populations of the country. Where as the Brahmins, Rajputs and other prominent castes and ethnic groups put all together are less than 20% in the country. On the contrary the indigenous populations of the country who are Scheduled Castes(SC), Scheduled Tribes (ST) and Other Backward Communities(OBC) are nearly 80% in the country and these very peoples are who are the majority in the country are forced directly or indirectly to flow all the cultural ways of the minority. A huge breach of human rights in the country.

There are many indigenous people’s festivals which should be highlighted and put on the national map of the festivals of India are being systematically ignored and only the festivals of one community and religion are being given importance in India. One such great festival is ignored and interfered a times is Bhagoria of the Bhils of India. Should this continue to happen...?
Some of the important indigenous peoples or tribal / Adivasi festivals of India are:

Phagu(Oraon)
Bhagoria( Bhil)
Gal(Bhil)
Gad(Gad)
Sarhul(Santhal)
Garia(Tripura tribes)
Mahua Flower(Gond)
Joom and Navana(Tripura)
Akha Teej (Bhil)
Manga (Gond)
Dhanboni (Chhotanagpur)
Kharci Puja (Tripura)
Rath Mela (Chhotanagpur)
Manga and Cucumber festival (Gond)
Dhurti Rath (Chhotanagpur)
Jitia ( Chhotanagpur)
Navai (Bhil)
Karma (Oraon)
Ker Puja ( Tripura)
Ropa (Planting of Chhotanagpur)
Moi Muri (Santhal)
Ghotal (Gonds and Oraon)
Gai Gohari (Bhil)
Juwara ( Bhil)
Millet Festival (Gonds)
Garba (Bhil)
Ghanshyam Dev festival (Gond)
Shad Nonglrem (Khasi)
Nayakhani (New grain arrival, Chhotanagpur)
Sohrai (Santhal)
Tusu Mela ( Chhotanagpur)
and many others which are of high importance are ignored and not given place in the national society and culture.

Another fact which is more important is that the original tribal culture and basis of the festivals are being polluted and perverted due to external influence and pressures from various sources. The originality and purity of the tribal festivals together with the tribal festivals forms, traditional festivity, indigenous nature, local structure, traditional organisers, and if need be tribal priest must be maintained to respect their culture. In the case of Bhagoria the administration has very less respect for the great tribal fest of not only India but of the world where there is so much of interference, beating those celebrating, chasing before the time is over one can easily see in the Bhil land.

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