Talom Rukbo

Talom Rukbo was the father of Donyi-Polo, a revivalist religious movement based in Arunachal Pradesh which attempts to reconstruct Tani (Adi) animist spirituality.

He has criticized Christian missionaries for fraudulent conversion practices in the Northeast of India.^[1]

Because of his contribution to the Adivasi way of life, Rukbo has been named one of the inspirations for the Vanavasi Kalyan Ashram project run by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh.^[2]

Publications

Donyi-Polo faith and practice of the Adis -- Extr. de : Indigenous faith and practices of the tribes of Arunachal Pradesh, New Delhi : Himalayan Publ., 1998^[3]

References

^ Preaching in India's Northeast for Cultural Preservation - Stephen Knapp.
The church?Christian missionaries ? quickly capitalized on the innocence of our forefathers. They fraudulently convinced our people that we were barbarians and converted some into Christianity. ? They declared that the converted persons must discard (1) the `animist` practices, (2) our festivals and that our Gods and Goddesses were Saitan (evil spirits? Satan).
Subject: Re-imagining Religious Freedom Indic Studies Project
^ RSS-backed Vanvasi NGO comes out of woods The Economic Times - September 04, 2004
^ Biblio Groupe des laboratoires de Villejuif

[1] Preaching in India's Northeast for Cultural Preservation - Stephen Knapp.
The church?Christian missionaries ? quickly capitalized on the innocence of our forefathers. They fraudulently convinced our people that we were barbarians and converted some into Christianity. ? They declared that the converted persons must discard (1) the `animist` practices, (2) our festivals and that our Gods and Goddesses were Saitan (evil spirits? Satan).
Subject: Re-imagining Religious Freedom Indic Studies Project

[2] RSS-backed Vanvasi NGO comes out of woods The Economic Times - September 04, 2004

[3] Biblio Groupe des laboratoires de Villejuif

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