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The Tribal Tales welcomes you to a journey to learn about tribal rituals, practices, traditions, and sustainability practiced by indigenous tribes all over the world.

This blog explores several communities that thrive and survive outside of the mainstream society. From the rugged shores of new guinea, the ethnic group of the Asmats still remain isolated to this day. Their lives are woven around the region filled with mangrove, tidal swamp and lowlands. From New Guinea, we move to dry lowlands of the East African country of Ethiopia, where the small Mingi tribe has a rather peculiar belief.


This blog has been created by Nilanjana Mukherjee, a student of Literature and Journalism and Mass Communication. 

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