Village Vibe

Village Vibe celebrates the art, culture and festivals of India’s village life. Urbanites aren’t the only ones who become social media stars, produce stunning art, enjoy food fads or follow fitness crazes. And as for festivals, there’s a totally different vibe in the villages.

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How women’s market sustains indigenous food system

The Tangkhul community of Ukhrul in Manipur relies heavily on agriculture, besides foraging. Women play an important role in it. Ava Market is the ‘women only’ market in town where herbs, plants and wild edibles are sold daily.

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The notice that proves no one takes dowry in this village

Families sign an anti-dowry pact in Babawayil village and rule violations entail social boycott from the masjid and graveyard. There’s been no violation in 40 years.

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Start your year in April with these celebrations

Start where you are – is something we Indians strongly believe in as we celebrate multiple ‘New Year’s Days’, throughout the year, in different regions of the country. While these days are usually determined by whether the lunar calendar is being followed or the solar, we say why not use them as an opportunity to finally act on that long pending new year resolution? While Chaitra Navaratri,Ugadi and Gudhi Padwa are celebrated sometime in March, here’s a list of all the New Year’s Days scheduled over the next three days of April, starting today.

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Add these local superfoods to your meals

Why spend all your money on expensive global superfoods when you can buy local alternatives at less than half the cost?

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Mizoram’s soccer-struck footballers are on the ball

Football has been an integral part of Mizoram since the British introduced the game here over a century ago. This millennium, the small northeastern state has become the cradle of football, producing a bunch of talented players.

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Get weather predictions at Jharkhand’s Sarhul festival

Celebrated to mark the new year by the tribal groups of Jharkhand, Sarhul is a three-day event observed after the new moon during the Hindu month of Chaitra (March 22 to April 20 this year). What essentially marks the arrival of spring also sees the prediction of rain by the pahan (tribal priest) only after which the people plant their crops. To mark the celebrations, members of the tribal communities in villages and towns wear traditional clothes and dance as they take out processions.

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Mizo singer’s journey from local church to Padma Shri

Singing her way through her childhood, KC Runremsangi of Mizoram cut her first music album when she was 23. At 60 now, she has been conferred with the Padma Shri award for popularising Mizo folk songs through her albums and teaching youth.

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Kerala’s Kannadippaya bamboo mat and the quest for identity

Weaving a Kannadippaya is an exquisite, age-old skill possessed by elderly women in remote tribal settlements spread over the southern Western Ghats range in Kerala.

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Billionaire overnight: Woman finds gold under village land

It’s not everyday that one finds gold under land, but the people of Poi village in Tamil Nadu did and it turned their lives into a dream.