To observe the International Museum Day, various activities will be organised at Indira Gandhi Rashtariya Manav Sanghralaya (IGRMS) on Thursday.
In an array of various events, IGRMS will hold talk, lectures and much more at the venue. This year the theme of Insternational Museum Day is; Museums and Contested Histories: Saying the unspeakable in museums.
Marking the event, a guiding talk on Bison Horn Maria Memorial Pillar will be held. The talk will be held at 11 am. Notably, the pillar is one of the oldest arts located at Bastar region. The pillar consists of beautiful karigari on four sides and is made with a single stick. The bison horns over the pillar make its look more beautiful.
It is also believed that the pillar is connected with the spiritual beliefs of the tribes living in the region. All the four sides of the pillars look different from each other. One of the sides represents the birds and animals, the second side represents the farmers and their daily routine, the third side is all about various rituals practiced by the tribesmen and the fourth side is about the traditions and cultures of the tribe.
After the guidance talk, a lecture on ‘Date Which Cannot be Sad: Trying and Feeling To Follow the Holocaustic Museum Paradigam in India’. The lecture will be delivered by Professor Kavita Singh from JNU, New Delhi. The lecture will be held at 3:30 pm.