Tag Archives: Bastar

Bastar art and the Hindu-isation of the tribal myth – Chhattisgarh

Posted on 24/10/2012 by website administrator

The Hindu, October 24, 2012 Niranjan Mahawar, 75, is a self-taught ethnologist of Chhattisgarh. He spent almost five decades in southern Chhattisgarh to study the life and art of the Bastar tribes. [...] Today, Mahawar — who was made famous in … Continue reading →

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Streetparade of the gods Exhibition at Museum Rietberg Zuerich – Bastar / Switzerland

Posted on 25/07/2012 by website administrator

Streetparade of the gods 20th July – 11th November 2012 Several years have passed since the Museum Rietberg last dealt with the subject of Indian “tribal art”. The last few exhibitions were dedicated to Indian court art. “Streetparade of the … Continue reading →

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Elwin’s ‘tribal’ world – 28 poems in English inspired by tribal India

Posted on 03/06/2012 by website administrator

The Telegraph, Calcutta, Friday , March 2 , 2012 Elwin’s ‘tribal’ world ANANYA S. GUHA Book title: 28 Poems Author: Verrier Elwin Publisher: North East Zonal Cultural Centre Pages: 35 Price: Rs 150 Verrier Elwin, the anthropologist and Indologist who … Continue reading →

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Theatre as union of tribal and non-tribal culture – Chhattisgarh

Posted on 28/05/2012 by website administrator

Theatre personalities of Chhattisgarh reached a well-recognised status, owing to their contribution in the theatre of Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh is one of the eminent rural states of India and its theatre art is purely the union of tribal and non-tribal culture. … Continue reading →

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Tribal students qualify for India’s premier technological institution (IIT) – Chhattisgarh

Posted on 20/05/2012 by website administrator

Smriti Kak Ramachandran, The Hindu, NEW DELHI, May 20, 2012 Watching his father toiling as a labourer, Jaiprakash Singh decided that he must aspire for something much higher. Jaiprakash, who belongs to a tribal community in Chhattisgarh’s Balrampur district, is on … Continue reading →

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Bronze Art from Tribal India – Museum Rietberg in Zuerich 12 July – 4 November 2012 (Switzerland)

Posted on 12/12/2011 by website administrator

The exhibition shows bronzes from the Bastar region in central India, which is still mainly inhabited by tribal societies. Whereas our last exhibition about India was dedicated to courtly art traditions, the focus this time is on rural India and … Continue reading →

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Bastar band on World Environment day & interactive Museum Movement in India

Posted on 22/09/2011 by website administrator

  IGRMS: World Environment day- June, 2011-Performing Art presentation The Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya is spearheading an interactive Museum Movement in India, to celebrate the ‘simultaneous validity’ of various valuable cultural patterns evolved over thousands of years. The Organization … Continue reading →

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