Under the popular museum series ‘Exhibit of the Month’ of Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, a double membrane earthen musical drum ‘Urmili’ has been displayed in the appearance for the month of February, 2019.
This will be inaugurated on Tuesday in Veethi Sankul at 3.30 pm.
The Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya is organising a National Workshop cum demonstration on Tribal Healers at the Sangrahalaya premises, Bhopal from February 19 to 25, 2019. The representatives from Tribal Healers & Tribal Research Institute from different places viz. Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Karnataka, Kerala, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh and Tamil Nadu, Manipur, Assam, Jammu and Kashmir etc are participating in this workshop.
This workshop aims to provide a platform to tribal healers to discuss tribal medicine related traditional knowledge on bio diversity and to evolve a strategy for transmission of this intangible natural heritage to the next generation in a professional manner. The tribal healers will also exhibiting their medicinal matter and demonstrating their skill in treating illness and debilitating conditions. During the workshop the healers will be exchanging their skill in traditional Kerala massage therapy, steam bath techniques and few other therapeutic knowledge and techniques. This workshop is open from 11 am to 8 pm at Mandapam of the Manav Sangrahalaya.