Reviving rural arts in Tripura: Sanskar BharatI holding 10-day workshop
In a unique attempt to revive the rich cultural heritage of the country and Tripura, Sanskar Bharati is conducting a 10-day long Folk and Tribal Mural Painting Workshop at Lankamura – in the periphery of Agartala in Tripura.
The workshop was inaugurated by MLA Dr Dilip Das on Wednesday. In a joint venture, Sanskar Bharati of Tripura along with Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre Kolkata under the Ministry of Culture and ICA department of Tripura is conducting the workshop. The workshop will continue till November 27 and it will remain open for visitors from 10 am to 5 pm every day. Secretary of Sanskar Bharati Suman Bhattacharjee said this.
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Detailing the objectives of holding such a workshop, Suman Bhattacharjee said, since its inception, the Sanskar Bharati is working for preservation and promotion of Indian art and rich cultural tradition. Painting is one of the ancient and most practised art forms.
Like other states, Tripura has also a long history of rich cultural heritage and Aalpana is one of the main forms of rural art which is being practised by rural women of the State.
“Keeping this in mind we are organizing the Folk and Tribal Mural Painting Workshop at Lankamura Auto stand area. During the 10-day long programme, 30 houses of the village would be decorated with Aalpana. In the programme, several artists under experts, as well as local village women, will take part in painting and decorating the houses”, Bhattacharjee said and added that all the houses of the village would be decorated with Aalpana to make Lankamura an ‘Aalpana Village’.
Apart from preserving and promoting the rural art forms, a perfect Aalpana village will become a major tourists’ attraction, Bhattacharjee commented.