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Lambaada: The Unique Cultural Heritage

Lambaada: The Unique Cultural Heritage

Vijayapal Pathloth
1092 1365 (20% off)
ISBN 13
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9789385161759
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2018
India has numerous cultures and traditions, different languages, different climatic conditions, different kinds of forests, different mountains etc and also numerous tribes spread all across the length and breadth of India. Lambaadas or Banjaaras are one such tribe who are the nomadic tribes migrated from Rajasthan and settled at various places across India. The Lambaadas or Banjaaras are the tribes who have settled in the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra. They are considered unique amongst the other tribes across India, in terms of their life style, dressing, festivals, language, music, dance etc. The Lambaada dressing and especially the embroidery work is world famous and is part of today's fashion designing. The book "Lambaada: The Unique Cultural Heritage" tries to bring out the unique features of the rich cultural heritage of the Lambaada tribes to promote and propagate it across the globe. This book highlights on the origin of these tribes basically from Ghor province in Afghanistan to the state of Rajasthan in India and from there to the other parts of the country especially to the states of Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra. It discusses the mythological aspects pertaining to the origin of Lambaada Tribes, historical aspects, their physical characteristics, formation of clans among the Lambaadas and about the migration of Lambaadas and their settlements especially in Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, Lambaadas known by different names in different places, their profession, spirituality, traditional councils, livelihood and occupations, literature, Lambaadas in the medieval, modern and the contemporary period besides environmental sanitation, economy, administration, social structure, language and literacy, leisure and recreation etc. It also discusses about the social customs and beliefs, family organization and their relationships, administration and their clan lineage, dwellings, settlements, food habits, tattooing, birth ceremony, traditional marriage, death ceremony, concepts of heaven, hell and re-births, beliefs in evil spirits, witchcraft and sorcery, various festivals - both the traditional and general/ regional. It discusses about the Lambaada dances on different festivals and fairs, music and musical instruments used, costumes and ornaments, the footwork and hand movements, contemporary changes etc. This book is a cultural study of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh and hence certain terminologies are sometimes referred in the Telugu dialect. The word Lambaada is most commonly used to refer these tribes and hence it is most prominently used while writing this book.