The Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS) under the celebrations of its 41st Foundation Day is organising various programmes and activities at its premises from March 21-23.
The Sangrahalya in continuation of four decade long tradition will celebrate foundation Day with various programmes with a state as theme. This year Meghalaya is the theme state. The chief guest of inaugural ceremony will be IAS - Principal Secretary, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh Manoj Shrivastava. On this occasion a special exhibition entitled ‘Meghalaya: A Glimpses of Cultural Heritage’ will be inaugurated at Veethi Sankul. IGRMS will present ‘Annual IGRMS lifetime Achievement Award’ to AK Danda (Former Director, Anthropological Survey of India). On the eve of Foundation Day, country’s largest lamp with 1001 wicks ‘Aal-Vilakku’ will be lighted. later traditional artists from Meghalaya will give performing arts presentation at Veethi Sankul open air auditorium from 7pm.
The other major attractions of the three day long festival would be an exhibition of Photographs by Verrier Elwin Wednesday, 22 March, that will be inaugurated in Rock Art Building at 1.00 PM. On Thursday, 23 March, 2017 An Exhibition on ‘Naga Memoirs: Narrating the Cult of Fertility’ will be inaugurated in Veethi Sankul Indoor Museum Building at 11.30 AM.
Annual lecture - Sabyasachi Mukherjee (Director General, CSMVS, Mumbai) will speak on ‘Museums, Communities and Collections’ at 4 pm at Veethi Sankul and AK Danda will chair the lecture.
Sangrahalaya is organising a National Seminar on ‘Cultural Heritage of Meghalaya’where subject experts will participate. The seminar will take place on March 21st and 22nd daily 10.30 am to 12.30 pm at Rockart Conference Hall.
Daily traditional artists from Meghalaya will give performing arts presentation at Veethi Sankul Open air Auditorium and it is worth mentioning that on March 23 world famous band from Shillong – ‘Summersalt’ will give special performance.
Daily traditional artists from Meghalaya will give live Demonstration Cum Sale of Traditional Art and Crafts of Meghalaya daily from 11.30 am at Veethi Sankul premises.
Daily Ethnic Cuisine of Meghalaya will be available to visitors at reasonable price daily from12.30pm at at Veethi Sankul premises. Meghalaya has unique cuisine which is different from other seven States of North Eastern India. The people of Meghalaya have their own indigenous way of cooking according to the availability of food staffs. Slow heating, firing, boiling, pounding, baking inside hollow bamboo tube, steaming, wrapping in banana leaves are some of the traditional ways of cooking.