dedicated to Intangible Cultural Heritage
We are truly social creatures now. Man’s dependence on others has reached exponential levels; also his connectedness. The time between one man’s thought and another’s benefit is drastically reduced. Also, time is no longer an absorbent or muffler that might diminish or soften harsh ideas or actions. This “real-time” action disables the possibility of meaningful [...]
It was on Mr. Santosh Soni’s insistence that I traveled down to Rewa to have a look at a unique craft. Mr. Soni has been constantly bringing to people’s attention to this rare enterprise. An erstwhile estate, Rewa finds mention in ancient Sanskrit treatises and Grearson hails the dialect of the region, Baghelkhandi as being nearest to Sanskrit. First contribution to Hindi drama came from this region when ruling prince wrote Anand Raghunandan. One of the oldest family of painters-sculptors, the Baoni-s belong to Rewa.
Madhukali Annual Conference in December 2010. “Art as Vehicle of the Intangible”…
Indian art has been labeled as impersonal; it has been considered as a medium for sublimation of self or soul (Atma) thus attaining union with oversoul (Paramatma). As fundamentals of all – music, dance, drama, sculpture – can be traced to originate from the same root, despite different pace and mode of evolution, Indian art [...]
Madhukali congratulates Padmabhushan Prof. R.C. Mehta for being granted Pt Omkar Nath Thakur of Rs. 1,00,000 instituted by Governement of Gujrat this year. The award was last granted jointly to Damini Mehta for Theatre and Shiv Kumar Shukla for Music in 2001.
India is rich in cultural heritage and is host to numerous practices that have survived for centuries. A large number of agencies are actively engaged in keeping arts and other practices vibrant. However, at all levels the threat to these practices can be felt. Further, there is a large number of those activities which have [...]
The group of Non Government Organizations invited to 4COM for Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage thanked the hosts and all concerned for such a step. They expressed hope to work with State Parties in carrying out the mammoth task of safeguarding intangible cultural heritage.
Abu Dhabi, September 28th, 2009 On the second day of the five day conference, the discussions regarding approval of draft prepared for inclusion of NGO-s in the UN meetings was taken up. State party India requested a change to remove ambiguity about the actual role and stressed that clear funding should be mentioned for organizing [...]
During its third session held in November 2008, the Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage accepted the offer from the United Arab Emirates to host its fourth session (Decision 3.COM 13). This fourth session will take place in Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, from 28 September to 2 [...]
AATMA and Films4debate organized a show of Hollow Cylinder, a short documentary film for media students. In the post-screening discussion, students examined the film throughly pointing out strengths and weaknesses.