Search Results for: folk art

For the sake of national integrity, social solidarity, communal harmony and humanism: Promoting India’s tribal and folk artists in pursuit of excellence

Posted on 21/10/2019 by website administrator

India is marked by its rich traditional heritage of Tribal/Folk Arts and Culture | Read the full report here >> Since the days of remote past, the diversified art & cultural forms generated by the tribal and rural people of … Continue reading →

Posted in Assimilation, Crafts and visual arts, Customs, Globalization, History, Modernity, Performing arts, Success story, Tribal identity | Comments Off on For the sake of national integrity, social solidarity, communal harmony and humanism: Promoting India’s tribal and folk artists in pursuit of excellence

New gallery to showcase exquisite tribal and folk art: Recognizing an important yet neglected side of the Indian heritage”: National Museum – New Delhi

Posted on 10/11/2014 by website administrator

The Hindu, NEW DELHI, February 7, 2014 The National Museum has got another newly-designed gallery – Tradition, Art and Continuity – which is displaying about 200 exhibits of ethnographic interest. It was inaugurated on Thursday by Union Culture Minister Chandresh … Continue reading →

Posted in Crafts and visual arts, Cultural heritage, Globalization, Government of India, Museum collections - India, Names and communities, Northern region, Press snippets | Tagged | Comments Off on New gallery to showcase exquisite tribal and folk art: Recognizing an important yet neglected side of the Indian heritage”: National Museum – New Delhi

Madhubani tribal artist – taking ancient folk art and adapting it for today

Posted on 03/09/2011 by website administrator

Always deeply creative in its arts, the new designs fast forward the tribal traditions to the present. Here a courtyard is painted by a Madhubani tribal artist, taking ancient folk art and adapting it for today… …the same tradition is … Continue reading →

Posted in Crafts and visual arts, Fashion and design, Homes and utensils, Modernity, Quotes, Revival of traditions, Tribal culture worldwide | Comments Off on Madhubani tribal artist – taking ancient folk art and adapting it for today

Unveiling richness of tribal and folk culture: Festival and exhibition at the Bhandarkar’s College of Arts and Science – Karnataka

Posted on 04/08/2015 by website administrator

Ganesh Prabhu, The Hindu, Kundapur (Udupi District), February 17, 2015 | To read the full article and view more photos, click here >> The richness of tribal and folk culture of coastal districts was demonstrated at the ‘Unveiling of Tribal and Folk … Continue reading →

Posted in Crafts and visual arts, Cultural heritage, Dress and ornaments, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Education and literacy, Fashion and design, Government of India, Homes and utensils, Names and communities, Nature and wildlife, Networking, Organizations, Performing arts, Photos and slideshows, Press snippets, Revival of traditions, Seasons and festivals, Southern region, Western Ghats - tribal heritage & ecology | Tagged , , , , | Comments Off on Unveiling richness of tribal and folk culture: Festival and exhibition at the Bhandarkar’s College of Arts and Science – Karnataka

eJournal | “Folk practitioners are an integral part of one of India’s many local cultures”: New light on a wide spectrum of Traditional Indian Medicine (TIM)

Posted on 19/06/2015 by website administrator

Maarten Bode, “Traditional Indian Medicine (TIM) is not just Ayurveda” in IIAS Newsletter (International Institute for Asian Studies) | No.70 | Spring 2015, p. 47 The manifesto in the Focus section ‘Theorizing Heritage’ (the Newsletter #69) gives me the opportunity … Continue reading →

Posted in Anthropology, Assimilation, Commentary, eBook & eJournal, Ecology and environment, Economy and development, Figures, census and other statistics, Government of India, Health and nutrition, Misconceptions, Modernity, Organizations, Quotes, Revival of traditions | Comments Off on eJournal | “Folk practitioners are an integral part of one of India’s many local cultures”: New light on a wide spectrum of Traditional Indian Medicine (TIM)