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“Since the days of remote past, the diversified art and cultural forms generated by the tribal and rural people of India, have continued to evince their creative magnificence. Apart from their outstanding brilliance from the perspective of aesthetics, the tribal/folk art and culture forms have played an instrumental role in reinforcing national integrity, crystallizing social solidarity, fortifying communal harmony, intensifying value-system and promoting the elements of humanism among the people of the country.” – Final Report “Evaluation Study of Tribal/Folk Arts and Culture in West Bengal, Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhatisgrah and Bihar” submitted to SER Division Planning Commission Govt. of India New Delhi by Gramin Vikas Seva Sanshtha West Bengal
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eBook | “Know Your Rights!”: A publication for Indigenous Adolescents by the UNICEF’s Human Rights Unit – United Nations

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To download the full text, click here (PDF 9,2 MB) >> AcknowledgementsThe text for this publication – written for adolescent boys and girls, aged 13 –18 years – was prepared by Dr. Cindy Blackstock, a member of the Gitksan First Nation (Executive Director, First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada and Associate Professor for … Read more

Bengali folk culture explained by the Daricha Foundation – West Bengal

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For centuries together, folk arts and crafts occupied a conspicuous position in the life of the rural people of Bengal. Though customs, beliefs and rituals varied widely, traditional story-telling, dancing, singing, festivities and ceremonies along with processions and social gatherings were universally prevalent.

West Bengal was once part of a greater Bengal which included all of Bangladesh and parts of Assam and Tripura in the east and parts of Odisha, Bihar and Jharkhand in the west. | To read the full article and view a series of photos, click here >>

Source: Daricha Foundation
Address: http://www.daricha.org/regions.aspx?ID=1&Name=West%20Bengal
Date Visited: Wed Mar 11 2015 12:00:31 GMT+0100 (CET)

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