Zonal Cultural Centres – Government of India
Each zone has a zonal headquarters where a zonal cultural center has been established. Several states have membership in multiple zones, but no state subdivisions are utilized in the zonal …
Art forms documented by the Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre – Jharkhand
The documented Art forms include Folk Dances, Folk Musical Instruments, Traditional Paintings, Classical Music, Classical Dance, Folk Arts and Crafts, Traditional Festivals, Folk Theatre etc. Besides, documentation on different art …
Tribal culture in Jharkhand – Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre
Carved out of Bihar in 2000, many treasures of the relatively new state of Jharkhand situated in the Chota Nagpur Plateau is still less known to most people. Nature wears …
Nagpur Anthropological Museum: Facilities and online resources of the South Central Zone Cultural Centre – Maharashtra
Snehlata Shrivastav, The Times of India, TNN | Jul 24, 2012 Anthropological Survey of India, Central Regional Centre, Nagpur has renovated its anthropological museum recently. The museum will be formally inaugurated …
Art projects of the Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre EZCC – Kolkata
Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre, Kolkata [EZCC], an autonomous body, under Ministry of Culture, Govt. of India primarily engaged in promoting, strengthening and propagating the extremely rich folk and rural cultural …
“Objects of astounding beauty, grace, colour and cultural and religious significance”: Contemporary Adivasi art exposition
Source: “Magical idiom” by Vaiju Naravane, The Hindu : Arts / Magazine, 10 April 2010 Address : http://www.thehindu.com/arts/magazine/article391448.eceDate Visited: Sat Nov 26 2011 18:44:30 GMT+0100 (CET) More about the communities …
Video | Marriage customs of the Santals: A large mural created by village artists to express their cultural identity – West Bengal
Marriage Reception A Santal marriage takes five days and involves various, often complex, rituals. On the day of the Gidi-chumara (Marriage Reception) the women arrive to bless the bride and …
“Was Narmada valley the centre of human evolution?”: Excavations along one of India’s seven holy rivers
Was India home to one or more unknown hominin species, fossils of which we have not yet been discovered? And did they interbreed with the pre-existing hominid groups in the …