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Issue 1: What rights do they have over their traditional songs that have been passed down through generations? 1. Traditional Knowledge, Folklore, and Copyright Traditional songs/folklore often fall under the category of traditional cultural expressions ...

Issue 2: When they write new songs in their indigenous languages for films or other projects, who owns the copyright? When a musician writes an original new song (melody + lyrics) in an indigenous language, that is clearly an original musical work + lyric w...

  Objective Strategy / Mechanism Notes / Limitations Protecting traditional songs / community heritage Document in writing or audio/video, maintain archives and metadata about community origin and custodianship. Create cus...

Issue: Many of them do not understand the concept of royalties or how it applies; they are often paid a one-time fee, which may be insufficient. Guidance Needed: 1. What is a royalty (in simple terms)? A royalty is a payment made to a copyright owner, based...

Issue: When they are presented with contracts stating that they have no further rights to their songs after one-time payment. Are such contracts enforceable? What options do they have? -------------------------------------- 1. Assigning / Transferring copyri...

Issue: They need to learn how to create simple contracts and invoices that protect their rights and avoid giving away their songs completely. --------------------------------------- 1. Why written contracts matter Oral agreements are weaker in enforceme...

PurposeThe purpose of this procurement policy is to ensure that all purchases made by The Archival and ResearchProjects (ARPO) are conducted ethically, transparently, and in compliance with applicable laws and donorrequirements. This policy aims to ensure fair...

PurposeThe purpose of this procurement policy is to ensure that all purchases made by The Archival andResearch Project (ARPO) are conducted ethically, transparently, and in compliance withapplicable laws and donor requirements. This policy aims to ensure fairn...

Introduction This Research Ethics Policy outlines the ethical principles that will guide all research and documentation activities conducted by Archival and Research Project related to the festivals, culture, art, dance, and song of tribal communities in Indi...

We travelled to the mid ranges of Idukki in the Western Ghats to collaborate with the Mannan community, an Indigenous group recognized as a Scheduled Tribe in Kerala. Our initial meeting with the Mannan leadership took place at Kovilmala, Kattapana, where we d...

During our fieldwork, community members recalled that in the early days the Mannan lived a nomadic life, practicing shifting agriculture across vast stretches of forest land. Over time, however, they were displaced from these forest areas and compelled to sett...

Mannankoothu is a traditional cultural dance performance of the Mannan community, combining expressive movements with Mannankoothu songs, and accompanied by traditional instruments and accessories. Community members talked about the Koothu as an important part...

When we arrived in the Mannan settlements, the first thing that struck us was how deeply decentralised, well-structured, and intricately distributed their governance system is. This system of governance is known as ‘Naalu Mannan - Naalu Vaathi - Onpathu Kaani ...

“We pray to all gods, to the Maladaivangal as well as the Malayalam daivangal,” says Rajappan from Vazhamattam.  As the Mannan community settled across the 42 different hamlets, it is believed that each land was assigned a moorthi for protection. Thus each Ma...

Prepared by Anjana, Sociologist Vysakh Seluraj, Anthropologist Community collaborators from Mannan community :  Aswathi, Kovilmala Ayyapan, Kodakallu Balan Chakkan, Kovilmala Bineesh, MachiplavuBiju, Chinnapara Chinamma, Kovilmala Chellapan, Chinnap...