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This article aims to explore Santali storytelling and folklore in the context of fostering peace education within the Santal community and society. This paper is based on a qualitative approach, uses secondary data. The article points out Santali traditions and culture through storytelling and folklore that help to foster peace education. It highlights how folk dance, folk song, folktales and proverbs address the values like empathy, love, moral thinking and discipline, etc. By analysing various Santali storytelling and folklore, the article illustrates how indigenous traditions fertilise harmony, preserve cultural heritage and narratives as contemporary tools for spreading peace. The article suggests that Santali culture, tradition, and various cultural festivals help to make a strong connection among people. The biggest festivals of the Santal community, Baha and Sohorai, bring people together and contribute to reconnecting any broken relationships with harmony. Santali storytelling and folklore are crucial in preserving its identity through Santali literature, and Santali storytelling and folklore preserve Santali culture by practising at the grassroots level. All the factors of this assist in fostering peace within the community. It examines various folk songs that carry a good message for the whole community and broader society. Santali traditions and indigenous literature have an impact on peace-building. The findings suggest that Santali oral practices or traditions are not only culturally valuable, but they are essential for the safe existence of peace.

Santali storytelling, Folklore, Indigenous knowledge, Peace Education, Tribal pedagogy, Santali Culture