The ‘Exhibition on the Cultures of Northeast India’ was inaugurated by Shri Parthasarathi Sen Sharma , Additional Secretary, Union Ministry of Culture, on Thursday, in the Indoor Museum building, Veethi Sankul of Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya. He said that this exhibition will promote unity in different parts of the country through cultural linkages. This exhibition is an incomparable example of Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat. Many dignitaries were present on this occasion.
PK Mishra, Director, Manav Sangrahalaya said that the culture of Manipur, Nagaland, Assam, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Sikkim has been displayed state wise in the exhibition based on the cultures of Northeast India in the Vithi Sankul Indoor Exhibition Building. Each culture has its own corpus of unfathomable material expressions and the utilities of which are deeply influenced by the place and environment, where they live. The North- Eastern region of India is comprised of a multi-ethnic set up of a plural society where variants of indigenous cultures are intricately looped and interconnected with profound cultural practices.
This exhibition showcases more than 500 ethnographic objects representing the mosaic material cultures of the eight states.
N Sakmacha Singh, Museum Associate further told about this exhibition that for an easeful representation of the North-East Indian collection of IGRMS, objects are displayed in 12 thematic sections to provide a glimpse of the rich cultural heritage of the region. In this exhibition - Mythical World of the Paphal, Manipur, The Satra Culture of Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya and Mizoram Collections, Textiles of the North-East India, Tribal Ornaments of Arunachal Pradesh, Traditional Weapons of the tribes of North-East India, Naga Collections (Narratives of the Fertility Cult), Sikkim Corner (Sikkim and the Sikkimese).