Saturday, January 31, 2009

TRIBAL FOLKLORE : The Folk Games and Sports

The Adivasi or indigenous peoples of India who are more than 80% today in the country have enormous possibilities for indigenous games and sports, as the source of entertainment and community recreation for the their indigenous societies. They shall be able to recreate in best possible ways in their own indigenous games and sports and not depend or make the games and sports of the outsiders who are their oppressors and exploiters in clear terms. Also the culture and personality of the indigenous peoples shall open and affirm through these indigenous games and sports much more than those of the outside peoples who are encroaching even through games and sports under the pretext of national integration. A minority community of India who are only 20% or even less is imposing on the indigenous populations of India their own games and sports. Whereas the tribals have several games and sports like the people in other parts of Asia, Africa and South America. More indigenous peoples can enjoy and participate at much lesser expenditures through indigenous games and sports and this way the main purpose of the community building and maintaining of the folk unity shall be better achieved. The fact is being ignored at the cost of breach of human rights of tribals/Adivasi or indigenous peoples of the country, because a lots of discrimination and injustice is going on. When this ill-treatment is over....? If they have their own tribal or indigenous states of their own within the framework of the Indian Constitution, then only there is some chance of survival for the indigenous games and sports of the Indigenous peoples in the country.

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