Jharkhand folk band Sajni steals the show on final day
Jamshedpur, Nov 20: Samvaad, a one-of-its kind pan-India tribal conclave organised by Tata Steel Foundation, concluded today, bringing together tribal communities from across the country.
Samvaad 2021 brought together 187 outstanding tribal artists, home chefs, healers, culture crusaders and leaders in person in Jamshedpur, along with more than 4,000 women, men and children from communities of 87 tribes across 25 states and 5 union territories in India who logged in the dialogues remotely, in a bridgital format.
On the final day, Samvaad Fellowship for the year 2021 were announced. The Samvaad Fellowship provides critical gap funding and also works towards facilitating platforms at national and international levels for providing enhanced inputs to the fellows. This year, the Fellowships were awarded to:
Amabel Susngi, 26, Female from Khasi tribe of Meghalaya, Pramod Bajirao Kale, 31, Male from Phase Pardhi tribe of Maharashtra, Makas Babison, 25, Male from Chothe tribe of Manipur, Dr David Hanneng: 32, Male from Kuki tribe from Nagaland, Aamna Khatun, 30, Female is from Van Gujjar tribe of Uttarakhand, Anuranjan Kiro, 26, Male from Kharia tribe from Jharkhand, Tokalo Leeladhar, 27, Male from Chenchu tribe from Telengana and Kuvethilu Thulo, 26, Female from Chakesang tribe from Nagaland.
Samvaad Fellowship is an initiative born under the Samvaad ecosystem in 2017, which aspires to address one of the ecosystem’s core objectives “to document and hence, preserve a body of knowledge and a world view that runs the risk of being obliterated”.
Sumptuous Tribal Cuisine on platter on the concluding day included Handua and Sakampita prepared by Sandhya Badaik and Singho Majhi of Bhumij Tribe (Odisha), Raagi Muddu and Chicken Sambaar by Shankara and Ragini of Jenukurumba Tribe (Karnataka) and Raagi Malpowa by Mercy Manjula Bilung of Kharia Tribe (Jharkhand)
Healers’ session today mainly focussed on developing roadmap for the formation of a proposed Healers Association at national level. Consensus was reached regarding registration of the association under Society’s Registration Act where in structure of membership of healers’ association was decided. This year, total 108 healers were present online while 22 physically in the programme.
The conversation on the concluding day focused on the topic of “Who should do the Reimagination?”. The discussion centred around how people must come out of their fear and other obstacles to achieve their goals. The session was conducted online as well as offline.
Sourav Roy, Chief, Corporate Social Responsibility, Tata Steel, said: “I am honored by the trust that communities have put in us and enabled the 8th edition of Samvaad. We have been able to listen in and understand messages on aspirations that communities feel must continue moving from one milestone to the other despite challenges. We thank our participants and the audience who joined us globally, both physically and through online platforms and helped us in making this conclave a successful one
