Paper short abstract:

Audio-visual documentary in the form of a song depicts the pride as well as the pain of tribal people of Jharkhand. It is a comparative study of their age long lifestyle versus today’s global world and the social unrest among the Chik Baraik tribe (Father of hand-woven clothes of Chhotanagpur).

Paper long abstract:

Chik Baraik(Sadan of Sadan's) is a weaver artisan tribe among the 32 tribes in Jharkhand. Their central residing place is in present Ranchi, Gumla and Simdega district. Their MT is Sadri (Nagpuri, Sadani etc). The Munda, Khadia (AA) and Oraon(Dravidian) regard them as their inseparable and age long friend and is believed that without their woven clothes 'Divine Clothes', marriage cannot be performed. Before the advent of Mills, other people also collected raw cotton and invited the Chik Baraik's to their place for weaving clothes. In return (Barter system) they were conferred with products and commodities as rewards. Today the situation is such that the number of weavers in Chik Baraik community is scanty and scarce. Today only a few families in Simdega and Gumla District remain who hold the profession of their ancestors as their own source of present livelihood. Some foreigners also appreciated their art of weaving clothes and took along with them their clothes during 1910-20. These clothes are kept in Museums of Berlin and London now also. This video-song shows the socio-economic as well as lingual/cultural/religious unrest caused due to displacement and globalization. This song is a compilation of folk literature, stories, mantra/hymn and proverbs used among the tribal's consisting of more than 14 verses. I am sending the 3 minute video (two verses only) which will be followed by two more verses (under production)3+3=around 6 minutes for presentation in May 2017. Medium is Sadri (Pidgin/Creole of Jharkhand) and is subtitled in English.