Registration Organizing Committee Interested participants can send an abstract of about 300 words in latest MLA format with the Patron requisite information (paper title, name, Prof. Mandavi Singh designation, affiliation, address, email ID & Vice Chancellor phone number to [email protected] latest by 15th Januarys 2020. Programme Director Delegates are required to pay registration fees : Indira Kala Sangit Prof. I. D. Tiwari Research Scholars: Rs 500 Faculty Members and others: Rs. 1000 Head, Department of English Vishwavidyalaya Also send receipt of registration fee to the Dean, Faculty of Arts (C.G.) 491881 conference e-mail with full details. Registered participants will be provided Conveners conference kit and Lunch. No TA/DA, Kaustubh Ranjan (Ph.D) accommodation shall be provided to the participants, however good hotels are available in Khairagarh and . Yogendra Choubey (Ph.D) Account details for depositing the registration fee is as follows: Deomait Minz (Ph.D)

Account No. 20215300569 ON Oral Culture in the Tribes of Advisory Board Name REGISTRAR I.K.S.V.V. and First Nations of KHAIRAGARH GENERAL Shri. P. S. Dhruv Registrar Canada IFSC Code MAHB0001103 Bank & Branch BANK OF , Prof. Kashinath Tiwari Sponsored by KHAIRAGARH Shri. Vijay Singh Submission of 15 January 2020 Asst. Registrar abstract Notification of 20 January 2020 Contact acceptance I D Tiwari 9406239525 K Ranjan 8377030649 Submission of full 05 February 2020 Y Choubey 9424184027 paper Deomait Minz 9406276485 Reaching Khairagarh: The University is well connected with railways and [email protected] airport. The nearby railway stations are Organized by Rajnandgaon (35 KMs), (50 KMs) and Department of English, (100KMs). Swami Vivekananda Airport (Mana) is located at Faculty of Arts state capital Raipur, 110 KMs from Khairagarh. Weather remains very moderate in February.

Two –Day International In the recent time there has been a genuine Modern technology and global effort to save the delicate ecological balance Conference awareness can help us to preserve that ascertains our existence as species. Even a the rich oral cultures of the tribes of casual introspection of our tribal tradition and Chhattisgarh and First Nations of On culture conveyed through oral culture will Canada. It is the urgent need of the work as eye opener and may provide a long Oral Culture in the Tribes of hour to discuss the cultural searched solution. discourses of the tribes of both the Chhattisgarh and First First Nations of Canada are the original nations. The aesthetics of oral Nations of Canada inhabitants of that nation. At present there are tradition lies in its variety and adaptability. However, these two Concept Note more than 600 First Nations in Canada speaking more than 50 distinct dialects. As per characteristics have reached their Indigenous culture of any nation is its the census of 2016 about 9, 77,230 have been limit and lost their plasticity. These heritage and its preservation is an identified of First Nations. The natives of oral traditions are phoenix like, obligation on every nation. and Canada too have a long tradition of community having capacity to reborn provided Canada are the two great democracies living, resource sharing and nature we understand the mechanism of that have indelible footprints of tribal preservation. Today the first nations that their tenacity. traditions on their lives and values. include Cree or Ojibwa, Iroquois or Micmac, Amnesia and short memory Both the nations have preserved their Metis or Inuit are conscious of their identity happen to be the two chief tribal treasures which include oral and ethics. Their oral tradition emphasizes characteristics of post modern man. tradition, folklore, myth and many the power of word, spoken intended or sung by The present conference aims to more. Certain special constitutional various tribes. The tribal population of study the Oral Cultures in the provisions have also been made for the Chhattisgarh like Maria, Muria, Dhurva, Tribes of Chhattisgarh and First preservation of indigenous population Dhakkad, Bhatra etc are very rich in traditions Nations. Indira Kala Sangit and their rich tradition. specially the oral ones. The maximum numbers Vishwavidyalaya, Khairagarh is the Oral tradition or oral culture refers to of Indian aboriginals have been residing in this ideal place for such intellectual the transmission of cultural material part of country since time immemorial. The gathering and tribal participation. through vocal utterance. The practice of tribesmen of both the nations have survived oral tradition was necessitated because the buffets of time due to their innate Themes : of the absence of script culture and also resilience, which they derived from their due to the importance attached to sound traditions which are oral in nature. These • Folk Theatre and Oral Culture that later on culminated into ‘mantra’ traditions have helped these tribesmen to • Oral Culture and Tribal Art widely practiced by all tribes of world. preserve their distinct identity for such a long • Oral Culture of the tribesmen of The idea of multiculturalism, pluralism time with such purity. Chhattisgarh and coexistence that are the cardinal The tenacity of tribal life, their idea of • Oral Culture of the First Nations of principles of democracy of India and coexistence with universe and preservation of Canada Canada, owe a lot to their tribal natural resources have been in centre for communities, their way of life, • Oral Culture of Tribesmen and serous research in recent decades all over the traditions and ethics handed over to Ecology globe. Displacement of tribal population, them through unbroken oral traditions. • Folklore, Folk art, Folk Songs, Folk plunder of natural resources for the ever Our metaphors, similes and myths etc Dance of Tribesmen of Chhattisgarh increasing hunger of development have opened originated into deep past when time and First Nations of Canada. new dialogues between the tribal and the non – was defined by major natural tribal. Any opportunity for non tribal is a • Future of the Oral Culture of occurrences presenting a tapestry of synonym of extinction for tribal. Tribal Tribesmen of Chhattisgarh and intricate oral traditions that preserve a societies, all over the world are going through First Nations of Canada. sea of wisdom and that can prove as a unprecedented changes due to certain practices • Digitization of Oral Culture lighthouse for the humanity that is in that are adversely affecting them. urgent search of survival tools.