Goh Bugun is a cultural memory revival project to reclaim Bugun identity by reviving traditional craft, knowledge, markets, and materials. It also seeks to explore sustainable entrepreneurial avenues for the Bugun people.
This project is an initiative by the Dakshina Dvaraka Foundation, and is supported by Titan Company Limited.
Goh Bugun is a cultural memory revival project to reclaim Bugun identity by reviving traditional craft, knowledge, markets, and materials. It also seeks to explore sustainable entrepreneurial avenues for the Bugun people.
This project is an initiative by the Dakshina Dvaraka Foundation, and is supported by Titan Company Limited.
GOH BUGUN means
I AM BUGUN
The Bugun People: Keepers of a Forest
The Bugun People:
Keepers of a Forest
Only about 20 pairs of the rare bird Bugun Liocichla, and around 3000 members of the Bugun tribe, a language group, exist today in the mountains of the West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh. The bird, named after the Bugun tribe, is found in their community reserve. Its discovery and the conservation of the immensely biodiverse ecosphere called the Eagle Nest Sanctuary where it thrives, tells the story of an encounter between nature and modern life, depletion and conservation through scientific research, community participation and policy. The Brai Dua clan of the Bugun tribe have donated 32 square kilometers of their land for conservation, research and eco-tourism, making them the keepers of an ancient forest.
Only about 20 pairs of the rare bird Bugun Liocichla, and around 3000 members of the Bugun tribe, a language group, exist today in the mountains of the West Kameng district of Arunachal Pradesh. The bird, named after the Bugun tribe, is found in their community reserve. Its discovery and the conservation of the immensely biodiverse ecosphere called the Eagle Nest Sanctuary where it thrives, tells the story of an encounter between nature and modern life, depletion and conservation through scientific research, community participation and policy. The Brai Dua clan of the Bugun tribe have donated 32 square kilometers of their land for conservation, research and eco-tourism, making them the keepers of an ancient forest.
Cultures of Crafting Matter
Cultures of Crafting Matter
The project perceives the Bugun also as a community of makers whose latent culture of crafting is in danger of being completely forgotten. For the Bugun people, who live in 11 villages in the district, their language is in peril and their living culture is rapidly fading into modernity. To take advantage of science, conservation, new markets and all that modern infrastructure has to offer, they need confidence in their own cultural experience.
Most tribal communities in Arunachal Pradesh have a basic knowledge of agriculture, horticulture, house building, bamboo construction, weaving cloth, and making cane and bamboo products.The loss of such a living culture will become a loss to global cultural diversity.
The Goh Bugun project is a response that brings together ecology, ethos and economics to help the community imagine sustainable futures.
The project perceives the Bugun also as a community of makers whose latent culture of crafting is in danger of being completely forgotten. For the Bugun people, who live in 11 villages in the district, their language is in peril and their living culture is rapidly fading into modernity. To take advantage of science, conservation, new markets and all that modern infrastructure has to offer, they need confidence in their own cultural experience.
Most tribal communities in Arunachal Pradesh have a basic knowledge of agriculture, horticulture, house building, bamboo construction, weaving cloth, and making cane and bamboo products.The loss of such a living culture will become a loss to global cultural diversity.
The Goh Bugun project is a response that brings together ecology, ethos and economics to help the community imagine sustainable futures.