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Kaani Tribal Storytelling Festival Dates: Friday and
Saturday, 27-28 Sept 2013 Festival Co-Directors Mr S S Davidson, Environmental Educator (Nagarcoil) Mr
Jacob Robert Singh, Tribal Foundation (Nagercoil) Dr Eric Miller, World Storytelling Institite
(Chennai) Festival Concept Note southernmost
section of the Western Ghats mountain range
of south India. This
area is --
A Biological Hot Spot with lots of fauna and flora. --
A place of many herbal medicines. --
A place where Kaani people live robust and healthy lives,
in consonance with Nature. --
A place Blessed by Nature, away from the din and bustle
of city life, with evergreen trees, pleasant climate, unpolluted
water and unpolluted air. There
are approx 25,000 Kaani people, in Tamil Nadu and
Kerala. The Kaani are recognized as a
wonderful resource
regarding medicinal uses of plants.
Numerous ethno-botanical,
ethno-medicinal, and ethno-pharmaceutical to
numerous such articles, far below.)
General
ideas on ways tribal people could develop their
Morning
pick-up in Nagarcoil (rented van). Field-trip
to Kalikesam Temple. This Temple is
beside a
river, near Keeriparai. From ancient times, Kaani people who
live in nearby villages have played chendai drums at this
Temple. Kaani people would act as
storytelling tour- guides
for the visitors. Some photos of the
Kalikesam area
are here. In
the afternoon, the van would proceed to Kulasekaram, which
is very close to Pechiparai. On Friday
and Saturday nights,
visitors would be encouraged to stay at lodges in Kulasekaram. Saturday 28 Sept (in Pechiparai) -- Storytelling
(with translation) by Kaani men, women, Expected Participants Storytelling,
and Ancient Cultures. Photos of Kaani People, Houses, etc Links
are here.
1 "The
Kani tribe and scientists in Kerala have achieved a unique profit-sharing
model", http://www.storytellinginstitute.org/701.pdf 2004 2 "Cultivating
a forest language: Development ideas for Kani tribal people of Tamil Nadu’s
Kanyakumari district", http://www.storytellingandvideoconferencing.com/22.pdf 2005 3 "Medicinal
Plants used by the Tribals of Tirunelveli hills, Tamil Nadu, to treat
poisonous bites and skin diseases", 2007 4 "Evolutionary
medicine of Kaani tribal’s botanical knowledge in Agasthiayamalai Biosphere
Reserve, south India", http://www.ethnoleaflets.com/leaflets/mahesh.htm 2008 5 "Ethnomedical
knowledge of Kaani tribes of Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu: A photo
review", http://openmed.nic.in/2600/01/Tribes.pdf 6 "Ethnomedicinal
plants used by Kaani tribes of Agasthiyarmalai Biosphere Reserve, southern
Western Ghats", 2011 7 "Indigenous
peoples and environmental ethics: The Kaani tribe in India", http://www.ecowalkthetalk.com/blog/2011/09/07/organic-living-culture-of-the-hill-kani-tribe 2012 8 "Indigenous
knowledge of medicinal plants used for the treatment of skin diseases by the
Kaani tribe of Kanyakumari district", http://www.ijppsjournal.com/Vol4Issue1/3003.pdf 9 "Ethnomedicines
used by the Kaani Tribals of Pechiparai Hills, southern Western Ghats of
Tamilnadu, India", http://psf.lifescifeed.com/fulltext/PSF-2012-002-002.pdf 10 "Distribution
of Lentinus Tuberregium, an indigenous edible medicinal mushroom in Tamil
Nadu, south India", http://www.jairjp.com/NOVEMBER
2012/04 KUMAR.pdf 11 "Mushrooms
in the food culture of the Kaani tribe of Kanyakumari district", http://nopr.niscair.res.in/bitstream/123456789/13419/1/IJTK
11(1) 150-153.pdf NO
DATE 12 "The
teaching of Indian traditional medicine", http://www.bgci.org/education/1686 13 "Sharing
with the Kaanis: A case study from Kerala, India", http://www.cbd.int/doc/case-studies/abs/cs-abs-kanis.pdf 14 "Using
traditional knowledge to revive the body and a community", http://www.wipo.int/ipadvantage/en/details.jsp?id=2599
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