“This book may be called a window of Adivasi culture through which we can see different faces of cultures of Adivasis and proudly say, cultural diversity is our pride.” The editors of the book Bangladesher Khudra Jatishattar Sangskriti (Culture of small ethnic communities of Bangladesh) say this in the prelude of the book. Bangladesh really can take pride in its diverse and colorful culture. Different ethnic communities who live in different parts of the country make Bangladesh’s culture more colorful and lively; this is what the book has to say to its readers.
The Society for Environment and Human Development (SEHD) has been working on environment and human rights issues since 1993. A significant undertaking in this regard is its research work on rights and justice issues of the country’s small ethnic groups. This book compiles diverse thoughts, analyses and facts that have emerged from SEHD’s work on culture with the ethnic communities.
The book contains ten write-ups of different authors that deal with the cultural world of the Adivasis; languages of the Adivasis and how they contribute to nurture, enhance and enrich Bangla, the language of the majority; the political and cultural movement of Adivasis; and a glimpse into Adivasi cultural riches of select communities.
SEHD initiated a program of sharing cultural experiences [in 2004] in order to project the cultures of small ethnic groups to the majority people. The book contains insightful reports of different activities of this program and the information collected through these cultural events.
A good number of images used with different sections, not only enrich the book, each image portrays the cultural riches of a different ethnic community.
Bangladesher Khudra Jatishattar Sangskriti (Culture of small ethnic communities of Bangladesh) is an outcome of years of hard work. It is indeed, a gift to the readers.
Edited by Philip Gain and Partha Shankar Saha
Bangla, PBK 158 pages, 2007
Price: TK.200 US$10Edited by Philip
English, PBK 149 pages, 2008
Price: TK.300 US$10
