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Muria tribal youngster
 Muria Adivasi of Madhya Pradesh 

The Muria tribe in southern Madhya Pradesh lead an extremely simple, yet colorful life. Their very identity is lost in an effort to educate/modernize them. It makes one wonder on which should take higher priority; one's culture and heritage or economic and educational well being. Can't they be balanced ? 

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