MADHYA PRADESH
· Kamal Nath announces Gond Art Year from Nov 2019 to Nov 2020
ð The rich artistic features and traditions of Gond, the main tribe of Madhya Pradesh, will be publicised by bringing them before the country and the world. Chief Minister Kamal Nath has announced to celebrate Gond Art Year from November 1, 2019 to November 1, 2020 in the state-level Madhya Pradesh Foundation Day celebrations at Lal Parade Ground Bhopal. During this period Gond art will be displayed and staged through various activities. Besides, special Gond art camps will be organized throughout the year in the best museums of the country and abroad.
ð Action has been initiated as per the instructions of Chief Minister Kamal Nath. The Culture Department has prepared a framework to implement the innovative idea of celebrating Gond art for the whole year which is being finalized soon. A full-year calendar is being prepared by the Department’s Tribal Museum, Bhopal, which will include various activities.
ð Along with the country and the state in the best art museums of the world, in the Gond art year, exhibition-cum-camps of the prominent art forms of Gond tribe, a unique heritage of Madhya Pradesh are proposed. By this, tourists and people of the country and abroad will be able to get acquainted with the cultural traditions of the Gond tribe.
ð Gond is the largest tribe in Madhya Pradesh, which inhabits the districts of Betul, Hoshangabad, Chhindwara, Balaghat, Shahdol, Mandla, Sagar, Damoh etc.
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