India is home to a fantastic group of 533 living tribes, and it's the world's largest tribal population. Despite habitat loss, encroaching urbanisation, and dwindling livelihoods, several tribal communities continue to carry on the age-old practices, rituals, and traditions to conserve the ancient wisdom handed down to them by their wise ancestors.
Come and step out of the ethnography museums and dive into India's remote, hidden corners to live the experience of India's living tribal culture and soul. With a community-tourism social enterprise in mind, we will ensure that all you culture-seekers can understand the rich tradition of the indigenous tribes. At the same time, you also contribute to their income and livelihood and help them preserve their unique heritage.
From the forest dweller Dangs of Gujarat, bow and arrow-wielding Odisha Bondas, to Arunachal Pradesh's animist Galos, the last remaining Nagaland’s headhunters, be a part of the aesthetics and vibrancy of the tribal soul of India.
Once night falls in the deeper regions of the North-east India and silence befalls on the leopard and tiger territory of the dense forest state of Arunachal Pradesh, the animist Galo tribe's shamans start to chant and communicate with the spirits that live in nature. Would you want to be a part of something like this and witness magic?
Would you want to be a part of the nomadic shepherds of Rajasthan that are believed to be matriarchal even in such a hugely patriarchal society here in India? You can find Rabari women usually dressed in ghagra-choli (traditional skirt and blouse) and handle daily business and the family's money matters.
It is one of the most unforgettable experiences when you see how the elders perform a hypnotic prayer ceremony by spinning to music and ground thumping. So, come and help preserve such traditions before it gets too late.