Culture
A year in Banjara celebration — cultural calendar
Sevalal Jayanti, Holi, Teej, Diwali and wedding seasons — a provisional year-round map for photo and reel slots.
Culture
Living culture
Language, dress, celebration, and the year-round calendar.
Year calendar
Events across the year
Festivals and gatherings across the year. Local dates and customs can vary by tanda.
February
Sant Sevalal Maharaj Jayanti
Widely observed around mid-February (often cited as 15 February). Large gatherings at Poharadevi and many tandas with bhajans, processions, and community seva.
March
Holi in tandas
Among the most energetic community festivals in many settlements — folk songs, dance, and remembrance of Sevabhaya’s teachings of unity and service.
Shravan / August
Teej
Celebrated in many Gor Banjara families during Shravan with women’s gatherings, songs, and hopes for prosperity — local forms differ by region.
Oct–Nov
Dussehra & Diwali
Seasonal festivals observed across regions with family gatherings, lamps, and community visits. Pair with local oral notes before publishing specifics.
Year-round
Weddings, Lambadi dance & nagara
Marriage seasons and cultural programmes feature distinctive dress, embroidery, dance, and drumming — ideal slots for consented photo and reel uploads.
Features
Culture features
Culture
Tanda life, dress, and celebration — a cultural sketch
A short, provisional sketch of settlement life, distinctive dress and embroidery aesthetics, music and dance — written for layout and review, not as a closed ethnographic claim.
Culture
Gor Boli — a living language across scripts
Also known as Lambadi / Lamani / Banjari, Gor Boli connects Banjara communities across states. This site offers English, Hindi, and Gor Boli — with Devanagari, Telugu, and Kannada script choices.