Mysore :

A five-day national workshop on National Tribal and Folk Artistes and Traditional Dances began at Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, Southern Regional Centre, Wellington House on Irwin Road in city this morning.

Dr. T.T. Basavanagouda, Director, Karnataka State Tribal Research Institute, Mysore, inaugurated the workshop by lighting the lamp.

Speaking on the occasion, Dr. Basavanagouda said India is a multi-cultural country with diverse practices and customs.

Pointing out that ours is a country very much known for unity in diversity, he said there were nearly 700 tribal groups across the country, with 50 of them in Karnataka.

These tribal groups have their own identity, practising their customs and traditions inherited since ages, he remarked. Expressing concern that tribal traditions are getting lost in the face of modern lifestyle, Dr. Basavanagouda stressed on the need for conserving the rich heritage of tribals and maintained that workshops like these will go a long way in the conservation of ancient tribal culture.

V. Ashok Vardhan, Museum Associate and others were present.

The workshop features a demonstration of creative craft forms by artists from Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Orissa, West Bengal, Punjab, Rajasthan, Delhi, Kerala, Gujarat and North-Eastern States.

The workshop is open to the public from 10 am to 6 pm on all the five days of the workshop, which concludes on Apr. 24.

For details, contact 0821 – 2448231.

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