Starting from Monday Tribal Museum will celebrate its third anniversary till June 12, 2016. The one week lasting programme will include folk dances, workshops, puppet making for children, puppet show and film show.
Folk dances will be performed from June 6 to 8, starting 7 pm and last till late night. In the dance programme folk dances of MP and other States will be performed. This year, the main attraction will be MP, Chhattisgarh and Gujarat’s Gonda, Bheel, Baiga, Korku, Bhariya, Sahriya and Kol tribes’ folk dances. Renowned puppet artist Vibhash Upadyay will teach children how to make puppets and how to play them, every day starting 11.30 am to 5 pm. The children will present their learned skills at the end of the week as a show.
A three day announcement workshop will be conducted in which renowned presenters Sadna shrivastava from Delhi, Vinay Upadhyay from Bhopal and Sanjay Patel from Indore will be present.
Certain excellent movies that are related to tribal people will be shown such as Pradeep Krishna Directed ‘Maisi Sahab,’ Shyam Benegal directed ‘Ankur’ and Mrinal Sen directed ‘Mrigaya.’ These movies will be shown on June 6th, 7th and 8th at 4 pm. The entry is free to the movies.
On this occasion around 20 bamboo artisans are invited. Other than them other craftsmen will also be present during the celebration week. This crafts mela is available for the citizens from June 6 to 12.
The paintings that were displayed in the Triveni Museum in Ujjain will also be present here. The paintings can be seen from June 6 to 12. These paintings are based on shaiv, shakt and vaishnav traditions and were dedicated to the public during the Simhastha.