Words of Life Toda People/Language Movie Trailer: Storytelling of the life of Toda People in the Toda Language (January 2014)
Toda Stories: Created and published by PSBT India, this is a film on the Toda people that follows the stories of several inhabitants within the Toda village in the Nilgiris hills. It not only details their cultural and traditional practices, but also introduces the viewer to their practical encounters with modern technology and external societies. (May 2015)
Toda – The Soul of Nilgiri: A short documentary which shows the culture, beliefs, and life style of Toda People those who live in Nilgiri Mountains of Ooty, Tamil Nadu (Video is in Tamil and Telugu) (June 2015)
Toda Embroidery Song: This is a song in the Toda language that was recently discovered by the Uramili Project on their hunt for work songs (or songs that accompany various kinds of work) in the Nilgiris. (October 2012)
Toda Embroidery – Needlecraft of Nilgiris: Created by Garima Sharma, this documentary explores the Toda village, people, and clothing through an artistic lens. Particularly, Garima focuses on the Toda women and their unique forms of embroidery patterns on their traditional “pukhur” shawls. (February 2017)
Toda Embroidery: By Chirpy India, this video shows the slow process of a Toda woman embroidering a shawl with few explanations throughout. (October 2016)
Athasta – Toda Woman: This video was created and uploaded by Margaux Rose Hill. It follows the journey and shows the life of a Toda woman named Athasta. This video showcases the Toda traditions and role of women within the society in real time. (October 2013)
Toda Tribe of Nilgiris: Published by the Conserve Earth Foundation, this video explains how Intel has sponsored a program in the local Toda village schools to empower and inspire female students through technology and education (September 2017)
Toda Culture: This video showcases a religious worshipping practice titled as “voice about Toda temple god” by Toda men (September 2017)
Aditya Bal meets the Toda Tribes: Chakhle Indian Kachcha Raasta, a program on NDTV, follows the journey of Aditya Bal as he travels to the Toda village of Nilgiris (December 2011)
Lunch with the Toda Tribe – Otidoor: This video shows how to make Otidoor, a unique take on curd rice by the Toda people. (October 2016)
Ooty Toda Tribe Wedding: This video showcases a traditional Toda wedding dance by men and captures the atmosphere, clothing, and crowd at such an event. (March 2017).
Wedding Dance of the Toda Tribe: This video shows traditional wedding dances of separate women and men circles, and documents the songs sung by the Toda people during the dance. (September 2009)
Behind the Toda Tribe’s Temple in Ooty: The Hindu explores the process of building the temple and showcases the various traditions associated with the renovation and maintenance of the temple after 50 years. (June 2016)
Thodar Tribe Function – Dinamalar: In this video, the Dinamalar news outlet visits and describes the basic marriage traditions of the Toda people. (This video is in Tamil) (January 2010)
Ooty Todas hold annual temple festival in traditional clothes: This video by News7 Tamil shows the generational traditions of a temple festival after 11 years. The interviewees describe the process of singing songs, bringing several natural resources to the temple, fulfilling a 30 day fast, and the inclusivity of only males in these religious actions. (This video is in Tamil) (December 2014)
Toda Village: In this video, a few outsiders tour the Toda village and briefly interact with Toda people during their exploration of the village on a regular day. (October 2009)
Fr. Berchmann’s Song in Toda: This is a song in the Toda language recorded during Fr.Berchamann’s visit to Thalpeteri mund (September 2011)
The Endangered Languages Project: Audio files with Toda vocabulary recorded and uploaded by the UCLA Phonetic Laboratory
http://www.endangeredlanguages.com/lang/5103/guide
Global Recordings Network: Audio files with cartoon imagery that has preserved Bible teachings in Toda orally
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