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World Tribal Day

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  • Recently, world tribal day was celebrated across the world.

About World Tribal day:

  • Every year, World Tribal Day or International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples is observed across the globe on 9 August to promote and defend the rights of the indigenous people in the world.
  • On this day, people honour the achievements and contributions of local communities towards the prosperity of a nation and celebrate indigenous cultures.
  • On 9 August 1982, the first meeting of the United Nations working group on indigenous peoples took place in Geneva, Switzerland.
  • The 2021 commemoration of the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples aimed on the theme “Leaving no one behind: Indigenous peoples and the call for a new social contract”.

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