Bhopal

Journey of MPSTM broadcasted online on its 8th anniversary

Staff Reporter

The journey of Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum was broadcasted online, observing its 8th anniversary on Sunday.

In view of the Covid-19, the broadcasting of online activities by the Tribal Folk Arts and Language Development Academy of the Culture Department, Government of Madhya Pradesh,  has been started on the social media platform on the occasion of the 8th anniversary celebrations.

On the occasion of the anniversary, Minister of Culture, Tourism and Spirituality Department, Usha Thakur said that the people of the State should come out from this depressive environment of Covid epidemic, for this, the Culture Department has made a positive effort by starting the series through virtual medium. It will not only preserve the culture and rites, but will also increase the morale of the artists and provide livelihood.

On the first day, the museum and the activities of various arts disciplines organized by it in the past were shown under retrospective.

 Under the monthly Shalaka Chitra Exhibition, an online exhibition has been organized by tribal painters, depicting various aspects of nature and life associated with it, in which tribal painter- Durga Bai Vyam- Gond painter, Ram Singh Urveti-Gond painter, Bhuri Bai- Bhil painter, Ramesh Tekam- Gond painter, Teki Shyam- Gond painter, Santoshi Tekam- Gond painter, Narmada Prasad Tekam- Gond painter, Dev Nankusia Shyam- Gond painter, Lado Bai- Bhil painter, Kumudini Shyam- Gond painter, Rajendra Kumar Shyam The paintings of Gond painters, Narmada Prasad Tekam-Gond painters, Prasad Singh Kushram-Gond painters and Soni Vyama-Gond painters were displayed.

This photo exhibition will be available for viewing on the departmental website for one month.

The online broadcast of 'Gamak', a series focused on the activities of multiple disciplines, is being started on the social media platform.

Under the series, on June 07, 'Classical singing' of  Prakash Pathak and companions, Vidisha and 'Sarangi Jugalbandi' of  Hanif Hussain and  Javed Khan will be broadcast on the YouTube channel of the department.