The Living Heritage of Soura Idital art and Script writing System

We can find in Odisha and especially in the Rayagada and Gajapati District. Souras are the Second highest after knodh Tribe in our Ryagada District. Soura Tribes are the constitute one of the segment of the PVTGs groups. The Soura and Lanjia Souras are living is the hill slopes therefore their villages are situated in the foothills and slope of the hill, mostly lie hidden in forest middle of the forest clad hills. They select the high land high slopes which are free from water logging and lie near the natural water sources. They are the skill holders of the traditional knowledge system or Indigenous Knowledge which is developed by the local Indigenous community. The knowledge is basically transmitted through the culture, rituals, folklore and through the oral from generation to generation or the orally person to the community. The Soura “Sompang” or the script of the Soura is preserved by the Soura community which is discovered in the body of God “Matarbnum” or called “Aksharabrahma”. The script was created by the Pandit guru Mangai Gomango. In this study the scholar wants to highlight the Scripts of Soura and the “Idital” which is very famous in now a day from the village to the towns in India. It is based on the value and necessity of the generation. The community that is shared seems to have been one of the things that makes us strong and yearns to survive in an indigenous community. The aboriginals have their own indigenous world, and they are from non-dominant group of a society. This topic is the purpose of exploring the traditions of Soura community where they are practiced nurtured and celebrate through the ritual beliefs and their practice is radiate like a concentric ring.