Photo Contest 2023 Top 25

Epil Rani Kongari A pot filled with water on a plate to wash the feet and hands of a person when they visit our home for the first time. This tradition is followed by the Munda tribe of the Adivasi...

Pranab Basak Apart from having all the trappings of a colourful and kitschy village fair, the Bhagoriya festival of the Bhils, serves as a matrimonial platform, for couples who have been seeing each other, secretly or otherwise. One partner proposes...

Prasanta Biswas The Angami religious life centers on a series of eleven gennas or ceremonies. The ritual accompanying the genna (called nanu) involves the offering of flesh (part of which is offered to the spirits), the wearing of ceremonial garments,...

Puranjit Gangopadhyay This is the image of Adi tribe of Arunachal Pradesh, India. They are one of the oldest tribal communities of Eastern Himalayan range. They are very few in numbers and can be seen in some specific places of...

Rajesh Dhar Santhal tribal girls dressed in traditional festive clothes dancing in the folk tune during their auspicious karam parab. Karam parab is a harvest festival celebrated for good harvest and health. It is dedicated to the worship of Karam-Devta,...

Bhargav Vasudev Joshi The Baigas were the priests with knowledge about magic and sorcery. The Baigas take their dances seriously and dress painstakingly for them. While the men wear ornaments and a turban bedecked with peacock feathers, the women adorn...

Sandeep Nema Just before Holi, the festival of colours, the three districts of Alirajpur, Jhabua and Shahdol in Madhya Pradesh host a tribal festival called Bhagoria. Apart from having all the trappings of a colourful and kitschy village fair, the...

Bipin Christian Dongria Kondh art and craft reflect the importance of the mountains for the community. The triangular shape of mountains recur in the designs on their shawls called the Kapdaganda. Woven with excellent craftsmanship, Kapdaganda is prepared by spinsters...

Sirsendu Gayen In festive occasions, the males wear Phephai as an upper garment which is a white color cloth with horizontal borders made of red strips followed by black, white, red, white and black strips at each of its lengthwise...

Sirsendu Gayen Bandna is a harvest festival observed by the agrarian Kurmi, Koda, Bhumij, and Santhal communities, in which domestic cattle and agricultural appliances are worshiped. The festivities usually begin with the families cleaning their houses and preparing to welcome...