STUDY OF INDIGENOUS CULTURE

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 To protect, promote and preserve various forms of folk art and culture throughout the country including indigenous culture, the Government of India has set up seven Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCCs) in the country during the year 1985-86 with headquarters at Patiala, Nagpur, Udaipur, Prayagraj, Kolkata, Dimapur and Thanjavur. These ZCCs organize various cultural activities and programmes on regular basis in the country for which annual grant-in-aid is provided to them.

Further, to preserve traditional knowledge, the Ministry of Culture has set up Regional Centres and Project Offices under its various autonomous bodies which inter-alia work for the upliftment and preservation of the culture and heritage including indigenous culture.

Such Centres set up during the last 10 years are as under:

 

Sl. No.

Autonomous Body

Regional Centres/

ProjectOffices

Year of Establishment

i.

Centre for Cultural Resources and Training

Damoh

2022

ii.

National School of Drama

Varanasi

2018

Srinagar

2021

iii.

Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts

Puducherry

2017

Ranchi

2017

Guwahati

2017

Thrissur

2018

Vadodara

2018

Goa

2021

iv.

Lalit Kala Akademi

Ahmedabad

2018

Agartala

2018

v.

Sangeet Natak Akademi

Agartala

(Documentation Centre)

2016

JharkhandChandankiyari,

Chhau Kendra

2018

vi.

Sahitya Akademi

Oral and Tribal Literature Centre in Delhi

2014

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