"Mava Jiva Mava Aasti"-Puppet Play on Health Awareness for Gonds Tribes, by Gonds Tribe in Gondi Dialect

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"Mava Jiva Mava Aasti"-Puppet Play on Health Awareness for Gonds Tribes, 
by Gonds Tribe in Gondi Dialect


A puppet play was performed in Gondi Dialect on August 15, 2016 at  Police Parade Ground, Adilabad. This was an experiment highlighting tribal health issues,  rigid superstitious believes and practices and services for the tribes by Integrated Tribal Development Agnecy-ITDA, Utnoor, Adilabad.

An attempt made to present the same in Gondi dialect by Gond Tribe youth of Adilabad, Telangana

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