TRIBES OF INDIA

This award-winning ethnographic documentary film in Telugu made by Sathya Mohan PV, deals with the socio-economic and religious life of the Chenchus, the only Telugu speaking prehistoric hunting-gathering tribe living in the Nallamalai forests of Andhra Pradesh, India. They are a conservative tribal group and have not made many changes in their lifestyle or tried to adapt to modernity. They live in the enclosed space and geography leading a life of an unbroken continuity. THIS UPLOADED AD-FREE VIDEO IS UNDER THE FAIR USE ACT FOR NON-COMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND AS A PUBLIC SERVICE. VIOLATIONS OF COPYRIGHT ARE NOT TOLERATED. adivasi.info anthropovision.com anthropovision.aminus3.com sachbharat.org exopoliticsindia.in alienanthropology.info metamatrixminds.com philosophicalanthropology.net facebook.com/sathyamohanpv

Archives are mining fields for historians. Deccan history is hardly explored. But Andhra Pradesh State Archives in Hyderabad, India has a wealth of material to rewrite Indian history. It is a great resource for historians and ethnologists. This film explores the importance of manuscriptology in historical research. THIS UPLOADED AD-FREE VIDEO IS UNDER THE FAIR USE ACT FOR NON-COMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND AS A PUBLIC SERVICE. VIOLATIONS OF COPYRIGHT ARE NOT TOLERATED. adivasi.info anthropovision.com anthropovision.aminus3.com sachbharat.org exopoliticsindia.in alienanthropology.info metamatrixminds.com philosophicalanthropology.net facebook.com/sathyamohanpv

This second part of the award-winning ethnographic film made by Sathya Mohan PV deals with the nature-man interaction and the associated belief system. It examines the features of the environment and ecology in relation to the Koyas economic system - the interaction of productive forces and the natural resources. The economy, the social organization, the religion and the mythology of the Koyas are closely inter-related, inter-dependent and interacting. Each aspect of the nature-man interaction and the belief system attached to it, viewed as a whole - as a complex - gives the basic picture of the Koya culture. The basis of enormous diversity in the Indian cultural matrix lies in its varied ecological conditions. The interplay of nature and culture is implicit in the little traditions of the sub-continent. The Koya culture is unique in adapting itself to its natural setting. THIS UPLOADED AD-FREE VIDEO IS UNDER THE FAIR USE ACT FOR NON-COMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND AS A PUBLIC SERVICE. VIOLATIONS OF COPYRIGHT ARE NOT TOLERATED. adivasi.info anthropovision.com anthropovision.aminus3.com sachbharat.org exopoliticsindia.in alienanthropology.info metamatrixminds.com philosophicalanthropology.net facebook.com/sathyamohanpv

This award-winning ethnographic film in two parts made by Sathya Mohan PV deals with the nature-man interaction and the associated belief system. It examines the features of the environment and ecology in relation to the Koyas economic system - the interaction of productive forces and the natural resources. The economy, the social organization, the religion and the mythology of the Koyas are closely inter-related, inter-dependent and interacting. Each aspect of the nature-man interaction and the belief system attached to it, viewed as a whole - as a complex - gives the basic picture of the Koya culture. The basis of enormous diversity in the Indian cultural matrix lies in its varied ecological conditions. The interplay of nature and culture is implicit in the little traditions of the sub-continent. The Koya culture is unique in adapting itself to its natural setting. THIS UPLOADED AD-FREE VIDEO IS UNDER THE FAIR USE ACT FOR NON-COMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND AS A PUBLIC SERVICE. VIOLATIONS OF COPYRIGHT ARE NOT TOLERATED. adivasi.info anthropovision.com anthropovision.aminus3.com sachbharat.org exopoliticsindia.in alienanthropology.info metamatrixminds.com philosophicalanthropology.net facebook.com/sathyamohanpv

This film is a call for tribal solidarity. It is an awareness of the nearing trauma of two lakh people who are going to be displaced from their habitat under the proposed Polavaram Dam Project on river Godavari in Andhra Pradesh, India. The project is estimated to submerge four hundred villages and four thousand hectres of forest in Dandakaranya. Large-scale projects often created islands of development in the midst of under-development perpetuating regional imbalances. Development paradigms are found to be discriminatory against tribal communities and other marginalized sections. Tribals constitute one third of the total displaced population in India. The Koyas and the Kondareddis could sustain their traditions for thousands of years. Will they be able to protect them now? They are definitely not in a mood to accept displacement under Polavaram project. They are aware that displacement from their habitat results in total alienation and pauperization. THIS UPLOADED AD-FREE VIDEO IS UNDER THE FAIR USE ACT FOR NON-COMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND AS A PUBLIC SERVICE. VIOLATIONS OF COPYRIGHT ARE NOT TOLERATED. adivasi.info anthropovision.com anthropovision.aminus3.com sachbharat.org exopoliticsindia.in alienanthropology.info metamatrixminds.com philosophicalanthropology.net facebook.com/sathyamohanpv

This award-winning ethnographic documentary film made by Sathya Mohan PV, deals with the socio-economic and religious life of the Chenchus, the only Telugu speaking prehistoric hunting-gathering tribe living in the Nallamalai forests of Andhra Pradesh, India. They are a conservative tribal group and have not made many changes in their lifestyle or tried to adapt to modernity. They live in the enclosed space and geography leading a life of an unbroken continuity. THIS UPLOADED AD-FREE VIDEO IS UNDER THE FAIR USE ACT FOR NON-COMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND AS A PUBLIC SERVICE. VIOLATIONS OF COPYRIGHT ARE NOT TOLERATED. adivasi.info anthropovision.com anthropovision.aminus3.com sachbharat.org exopoliticsindia.in alienanthropology.info metamatrixminds.com philosophicalanthropology.net facebook.com/sathyamohanpv

This ethnographic film made by Sathya Mohan PV is a visual study of the socio-economic and the religious life of the Samanthas. The Samanthas or the Khonds of Vishakhapatnam agency in Andhra Pradesh, India are one of the few surviving 'primitive tribal groups' (defined by government of India). They speak the language called 'Kuvi' which is blended with Telugu in Andhra Pradesh. Slash and burn cultivation is the major source of livelihood for the Samanthas. They clear the jungle on hill-slopes, burn the trees and grow the crops in the ashes. This mode of archaic agriculture is not only a subsistence activity, but also a ritual and religious activity for the Samanthas. They also collect minor forest produce to supplement their meagre agricultural returns. Most of their festivals are related to their agricultural operations. Their economic activity is greatly interwoven and inter-dependent with their religious life. Though the modern commercial exploitation of forests has restricted the areas available to the native tribesmen, there remains several tribal societies in India representing various modes of ancient farming which followed in time that of hunters and gatherers. THIS UPLOADED AD-FREE VIDEO IS UNDER THE FAIR USE ACT FOR NON-COMMERCIAL EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES AND AS A PUBLIC SERVICE. VIOLATIONS OF COPYRIGHT ARE NOT TOLERATED. adivasi.info anthropovision.com anthropovision.aminus3.com sachbharat.org exopoliticsindia.in alienanthropology.info metamatrixminds.com philosophicalanthropology.net facebook.com/sathyamohanpv