Release of ડાંગી ભાષાનું વ્યાકરણ at Shamgahan, Dang Dt, Gujarat,India

One of the Kings of the Dangs releasing the book

DANGI LANGUAGE GRAMMAR RELEASED WITH MUCH CELEBRATION

SHAMGAHAN (Dangs Dist)

            King Suryavanshi Dhanarajsinh Chandrasinh, one of the five kings of Dangs District released Dangi Bhashanu Vyakaran (Grammar of Dangi Language) in a special function held in the premises St. Xavier’s School here at Shamgahan on June 26, 2011. More than 1000 people attended the function including 400 boys and girls of the school.

“It was not a mere book releasing function but a celebration of Dangi life and culture” said Fr. Shekhar Manickam, SJ who traveled from Ahmedabad to attend the function together with his Assistant and a veteran Missionary of 24 years in Dangs and in South Gujarat Fr. Ashok Macwan, SJ. With plenty of music and dances Fr. Macwan qualified the book releasing function as “Dangi cultural festival”.

Fr. Varghese Paul, SJ

Fr Raymund Chauhan the author and the King [ Maharaj ]

Comment on Dangi Vyakaran of Raymund Chauhan sj

Shree Dahyabhai Vadhu is  a Dangi himself who is employed in the State bank of India, Shamgahan, at the foot of the Saputara hills, Ahwa-Dangs, Gujarat, India. He is fully engrossed in Dangi Language and Culture. He is quiet, soft-spoken and humble by nature. Though Mr. Vadhu is lovingly committed to the overall growth of his own family in the Dangs, he has a great desire to do everything possible, at the national and international levels, for his own Dangi Society. He has already contributed, by his research, to the stories and myths in Kokana Language. His researched compilation of this kind has drawn the attention of the tribal scholars world over.

Raymund Chauhan sj