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Tribal Heritage Programme
Thekkady kerala Average Price: $ 4 per personAbout
Five tribal communities live in the Periyar area.The Reserve organises a Tribal Heritage Programme that lasts for 2 hours, as part of which you are taken to a tribal hamlet and also to the Tribal Heritage Museum.Traditional fishing gear, hunting implements and indigenous medicinal plants are on display here. A tribal guide will show you around.A tribal heritage museum built inside the Mannan settlement featuring various types of artifacts related to their ancient agricultural practices, marriage ceremonies, cultural events, dress code, rituals and death ceremonies is the hub of this ecotourism programme. Display of fishing gear, hunting weaponry, indigenous medicine and vessels, cereals, medicinal herbs, bamboo furnitures.Break timings are 12 hr to 14 hr
