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Encyclopedia On Tribal Communities

Kumari Sonali

Encyclopedia On Tribal Communities:

Odisha became the first state in the country to start an encyclopedia on tribal communities.

  • Unveiled by chief minister Naveen Patnaik, the five edited volumes of ‘Encyclopedia of Tribes in Odisha’ has 418 research articles on the tribals, including 13 particularly vulnerable groups
  • The encyclopaedia was published by Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Research and Training Institute (SCSTRTI) and Odisha State Tribal Museum.
  • The purpose of this book is to preserve the rapidly changing cultural identity of tribal communities in the state.
  • It brings together both published and unpublished data regarding the tribes’ ethnography and development over the years, covering their past as well as the present.

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