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Government of India
Ministry of Culture
14-September-2011 13:01 IST
Cultural Activities in Jharkhand

The Ministry of Culture and its autonomous organizations have undertaken various cultural activities for promotion and development of culture in various States of the country including Jharkhand. Details of the cultural activities undertaken during the last three years and current year in the State of Jharkhand are given in the Annexure.

 

All the programmes received good response and were appreciated by the local artist community and art lovers.

 

Details of the cultural activities undertaken by the organizations under Ministry of Culture in the State of Jharkhand during the last three years and the current year:-

(i)      Lalit Kala Akademi organized the following: -

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Name of the Programme

Years

1.

Tribal/Contemporary Metal Casting Workshop/ Camp at Ranchi from 11-17, Jan, 2009

2008-09

2.

National Tribal Folk & Contemporary Art Camp at Jamshedpur during 19-25, March, 2010

2009-10

3.

Regional Painting Camp at Ranchi during 13-19, March, 2010

2009-10

4.

Slide Show presentation by the Camp Artists at Ranchi during 13-19, March, 2010

2009-10

5.

Regional Digital Photography Workshop Ranchi

2010-11

 

(ii)     Centre for Cultural Resources and Training has trained teachers on the subject of promotion of Culture as follows: -

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Year

No. of Trainer Teacher in Jharkhand

1.

2008-09

121

2.

2009-10

63

3.

2010-11

56

4.

2011-12 till date

74

(iii)    Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre organized the following: -

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Name of the programme (2010-11)

1.

Cultural Training Camp for Children

2.

Metal Craft Workshop

3.

Folk & Tribal Dance Festival of Eastern States

4.

Workshop on the Rare Craft of State

 

(iv)    Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya

During the year 2008-09 the Museum organized a week long training workshop on Museum and Heritage Management in which curators from some of the museums situated in the Jharkhand also participated. A field work was carried out in Jharkhand mainly for collection of traditional objects of “Saraikela Chhow Dance Masks.” Among the “Mahapatra’s Community in singhbhum district, around 22 nos. of different kinds of masks and one musical instrument have been collected.

During the year 2010-11 the museum organized a national seminar on “Anthropology in India during Pre-Independent and Post-Independent Period” at Ranchi from 17th to 19th December, 2010. The Museum also felicitated Shri Mahendra Hembrom, an artist from Jharkhand for his contribution in the development of the exhibitions and organization of programmes of this museum on the Museum’s 35th Foundation Day. A field work was conducted in Jharkhand particularly for collection of ethnographic objects and documentation among the Oraon, Munda and Malar communities in Ranchi district. Around 55 numbers of ethnographic objects have been collected. During the year 2011-12 a team of Munda tribe from Jharkhand presented a glimpse of their tribal culture in the 3-day long cultural programme organized from 10th to 12th August, 2011 on the occasion of International Day of World’s Indigenous People and International Youth Day.

(v)      National School of Drama conducted production oriented theatre workshops of short duration in Jharkhand. Year-wise details are as follows: -

2008-09                14.09.2008 to 05.10.2008 at Ranchi

2010-11                23.06.2010 to 22.07.2010 at Chanderpur

 

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