Production: *Ranchi Archdiocese*
Lyrics & Singer: Fr. Anjelus Ekka
Music: Hemant Kujur
DOP & Drone: Emmanuel Tirkey (Dosti)
Dance and Choreography
Ms Anu Guria
Ms Nutan Guria
Ms Nutan Purty
Ms Sarshi Purty
Ms Deepa Rani Aind
Ms Manju Lata Tutti
Acting- Sachin Hassa Purty
Director: Sanjay Kandulana
*Special Thanks to Archbishop Felix Toppo SJ, and Bishop Theodore Mascarenhas SFX*
SADRI CHRISTIAN SONG
Sadri, also known as Nagpuri, is an Eastern Indo-Aryan language spoken in the Indian states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Chhattisgarh Odisha and Assam. It is native language of the Sadan. In addition to native speakers, it is also used as lingua franca by many tribal groups such as Kharia, Munda and Kurukh, and a number of speakers of these tribal groups have adopted it as their first language. It is also used as a lingua franca among Tea-garden community of Assam, West Bengal and Bangladesh. According to the 2011 Census, there were approximately 5,130,000 native speakers of the Nagpuri language, including 19,100 identifying as Gawari, 4,350,000 as "Sadan/Sadri" and 763,000 as "Nagpuria"
Nagpuri language is mainly spoken in western Chota Nagpur Plateau region of west-central Jharkhand in districts such as Chatra, Palamu, Latehar, Hazaribagh, Lohardaga, Gumla, Ranchi, Simdega, Khunti, West Singhbhum, North-east Chhattisgarh in district of Jashpur, Surguja, Balrampur, south-west Bihar in Aurangabad, Gaya district and Northern Odisha in Sundergarh district. It is also spoken by some Tea garden community in Tea garden area of Bangladesh, West Bengal and Assam who were taken as labourer to work in Tea garden during British Rule.
