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IGRMS NEWS: January-March 2012
In This Issue :
• Celebrating Regional Culture (Purvottari 2012)
• Aranya Naad – Tribal Dance Festival
• Museum Popular Lectures
• National Workshop and Exhibition on Tribal Healers
• Periodical/ Travelling Exhibition: Anugunj & Abhivyakti
• Heritage Corner
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• Leadership Training Programme
• 6th Blind Challenge Car Rally 2012
• Field Work/ Tour
• Development of Open Air Exhibitions: Bhotia House of Uttarakhand
& Renovation of Bastar Dusheharra Rath
• Celebration of the 36th Foundation Day
- Odisha Cultural Festival
In This - National Issue Seminar :
• Celebrating - Inauguration Regional of Culture New Exhibition, (Purvottari Island 2012) Cultures of India
• Aranya - Annual Naad – IGRMS Tribal Dance Lecture Festival
• Museum - Felicitation Popular Lectures of Artists
• From • National Museum Workshop Reserve and Collections Exhibition on Tribal Healers
• Periodical/ Travelling Exhibition: Anugunj & Abhivyakti
• Heritage Corner
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• Leadership Training Programme
• 6th Blind Challenge Car Rally 2012
• Field Work/ Tour
• Development of Open Air Exhibitions: Bhotia House of Uttarakhand
& Renovation of Bastar Dusheharra Rath
• Celebration of the 36th Foundation Day
- Odisha Cultural Festival
- National Seminar
- Inauguration of New Exhibition, Island Cultures of India
- Annual IGRMS Lecture
- Felicitation of Artists
• Vandana
• From Museum Reserve Collections
•Activities of SRC, Mysore
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EDITORIAL
On March the 21st, 2012, Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya completed 35 years of
its existence and celebrated the 36th Foundation Day with the lighting of the 1001-wick metal
lamp, Al-Villaku, brought from Kerala. It was inaugurated by H.E. Shri Sekhar Dutt, the Governor
of Chhatisgarh. The gala event was divided into various sections, viz. Odisha Cultural Festival,
National Seminar on “Tribal Unrest, State Policy and Empowerment in Contemporary India”, the
7th Annual IGRMS Lecture, opening of a new exhibition gallery on “Island Cultures of India” by
H.E. Shri Murlidhar Chandrakant Bhandare, the Governor of Odisha. Odishan art and craft, cuisine
and performing arts were the events of attraction for the public for 3 days, beginning from March
21, 2012. It was gratifying that the Department of Culture, Government of Odisha lent its timely
support in organizing the Odisha Festival. We also celebrated “Purvottari-2012” at Guwahati
and “Arnaya-Naad” at Bhopal for the promotion of folk and tribal dance forms of India. When ethno-medicine is literally
waning, to encourage the tribal medical practitioners and bring them to the urban patients, we organized a Workshopcum-Camp
at Kozhikode, in collaboration with Kerala Institute for Research, Training and Development Studies of SCs and
STs (KIRTADS). We also sent our travelling exhibitions, ANUGUNJ to Panchkula and ABHIVYAKTI to Bhubaneswar, which
were very well received by the local public and the school children. Our regular programmes, viz. Museum Popular Lectures
and interaction with the communities continued during this quarter also. I congratulate two of my young colleagues,
who were selected for the Leadership Training Programme, initiated by the Ministry of Culture in collaboration with the
British Museum, London, and visited London for this training in March, 2012. On the whole, it was a very satisfying quarter
for us, and we profusely thank you for your support and patronage.
- Prof. Kamal K. Misra
Director
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• Under the series of Museum Popular Lectures, the
Sangrahalaya organized a Lecture on the 10th January
2012. In this programme Dr. Aloke K Kalla, Professor, Delhi
University, delivered a lecture on the topic “Ethnicity of the
Indian People and the Molecular Affinity”. The Programme
was presided by Prof. N.C. Sharma, Head, Department of
Genetics, Barkatullah University, Bhopal.
• Mr. Paul Pholeros, recipient of the Analysis and Planning
Award of Honor, delivered a lecture on ‘Cross Waters- Eco
Hotel in China’ on the 13 th January, 2012. The lecture
was presided by Smt Savita Raje, Registrar MANIT,
Bhopal.
• On the 31 st January 2012, Prof. Ravindra K. Jain, Tagore
National Fellow, IGRMS, Bhopal delivered a lecture
on “From
Broomstick
to Bhopal
Gas Tragedy:
Museum and its
Communities”.
It was chaired
by Prof. I.S.
Chouhan.
Museum Popular Lecture
Celebrating Regional Culture : Purvottari 2012
The Sangrahalaya from time to time organizes various
programmes for the preservation and propagation
of Indian culture. Under the series “Celebrating
Regional Cultures”, sangrahalaya organized a special
programme “Purvottari 2012”, from January 6 th to
8 th 2012 at Shilpagram, NEZCC, Guwahati. In this
programme nearly 150 artists from Jharkhand, Odisha,
Meghalaya, Himachal Pradesh, Manipur, Tripura and
Assam participated. Local puppetry artists and dance
groups from Guwahati presented Gwalpadia and Bihu
dances which were the attractive features of the
cultural evenings.
Aranya Naad – Tribal Dance Festival
National Workshop and Exhibition on Tribal Healers
To document the traditional knowledge system of tribal
people and introduce their knowledge to urban population
Tribal Healers Workshop – cum - Camp was organised by the
Sangrahalaya from 20 th to 24 th January, 2012 in collaboration
with Kerala Institute for Research Training and Development
Studies of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (KIRTADS)
at Kozhikode. In this programme about 125 tribal healers and
their assistants from 11 states participated. The workshop
was inaugurated by Hon’ble Minister for Tribal welfare and
Development, Govt. of Karala, Ku. P.K. Jayalaxmi.
The Sangrahalaya organized a three - day
“National Tribal Dance Festival” named Aranya-
Naad at its open air stage, Charevaiti, from
the 18th to 20 th February 2012. Former Union
Minister for Tribal Affairs and Member of
Parliament, Shri Kanti Lal Bhuria inaugurated
the programme. Tribal Dances, such as Gusadi
(Andhra Pradesh), Galo (Arunachal Pradesh),
Muria (Chhattisgarh), Rathwa (Gujarat), Oraon
(Jharkhand), Rabha (Assam), Baiga (Madhya
Pradesh) and Kalbelia (Rajasthan) were
performed in the festival. On the closing day
former Governor of Manipur and Nagaland, Shri
O.N. Shrivastava was the Chief Guest.

Periodical/ Travelling Exhibition:
Anugunj
The IGRMS travelling exhibition “Anugunj” showcasing
the myths and folk beliefs of the various communities of
India was organized at Panchkula, Haryana from 2 nd to 7 th
January, 2012.
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Abhivyakti
A travelling exhibition titled “Abhivyakti” featuring the
paintings of different tribal communities was mounted
at Tribal Museum, Bhubaneswar, Odisha from 15 th to 31 st
January, 2012. The exhibition was inaugurated by Prof. L.K.
Mahapatra.
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• A team of officers from IGRMS conducted field work at
Payan village, Jammu to collect a traditional house type of
the region. The team had successfully collected the housing
materials and transported to the Museum campus at Bhopal.
• A team of IGRMS officials conducted field work at Srirangam
River Island in Tamilnadu for a period of about 1 week from
6 th January, 2012. During the field work they documented
the life and culture of the people of this Island.
Field Work/ Tours
Leadership Training Programme
Two officials of the Museum, Shri Surya Kumar Pandey
and Dr. P.Sankar Rao, attended the Leadership Training
Programme organised by the British Museum and Ministry
of Culture, Govt. of India at National Culture Fund, New
Delhi from 9 th to 20 th January, 2012 and at British Museum,
London from 12 th March to 25 th March, 2012.
6 th Blind Challenge Car Rally 2012
The 6 th Blind Challenged Car Rally 2012 was organized on
8 th January, 2012 for the visually challenged persons in
collaboration with ARUSHI, Bhopal. The prize distribution
function was held in the Sangrahalaya premises.
Heritage Corner
A ‘Heritage Corner’ comprising of 32 photo enlargements
was mounted at Indira Gandhi National Tribal University,
Amarkantak on the occasion of a Seminar on “Tribals of
Central India: Institutions, Development and Change” from
28 th February to 1 st March, 2012.
• To document and
collect the specimens
from the Bundelkhand
region of Madhya
Pradesh, a team of
Museum officers
conducted field work
from 18 th to 28 th
January, 2012.
Development of Open Air Exhibitions
Bhotia House of Uttarakhand
A two storied wooden traditional house called Kuddu of
Bhotia community of Uttarakhand was under construction
since November 2011 has been completed. After performing
traditional ceremony, Joint Director of IGRMS Shri A.K.
Shrivastava inaugurated the house.
Renovation of Bastar Dusheharra Rath
In order to enhance the beauty of Dasheharra Rath from
Bastar at Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya, a troop
of 48 tribal artists from Bastar visited the Sangrahalaya and
renovated the Rath according to their custom.

Celebration of the 36 th Foundation Day
The Sangrahalaya
celebrated its 36 th
Foundation day from 21 st
to 23 rd March 2012. Under
the series of Celebrating
Regional Cultures, the
Sangrahalaya organised
the Odisha festival named
“Rang Kalinga”. This three
- day programme was
inaugurated by the H.E.
Governor of Chhattisgarh,
Shri Shekhar Dutt. The
celebration begun with the
lighting of the 1001 wicks
traditional lamp Aal vilakku.
During the period following programmes were organized:
National Seminar
Sangrahalaya organized a National Seminar on Tribal Unrest,
State policy and Empowerment in Contemporary India on
March 22-23, 2012. Prof. A.K. Danda was the Chair person
of the inaugural session and Prof. Yogesh Atal delivered the
Key note address. Many scholars from different parts of India
participated in the Seminar.
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Odisha Cultural Festival
The festival presented
a unique ambience
of a Odisha culture
and traditions with
several performances
of folk music and
dances, as well as Art
& Craft of the State.
Apart from cultural
performances, in the
programme Bipani,
numerous stalls
demonstrated the art
and craft of Odisha
and the food items of
the most popular pitha (Cakes), Kheer, Fish curry added to
the subtle feeling of mixed joy and merriment to the visitors
in the programme Rossei. The event also featured variety of
performances including Gotipua, Odissi, Lanjia, Sambalpuri,
Durua dances, etc.
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Inauguration of a New Exhibition
On the occasion of the 36 th Foundation day, the H.E.
Governor of Odisha Shri Murlidhar Chandrakant
Bhandare, inaugurated a New Exhibition on Island
Cultures of India. The exhibition showcases the
cultures of Andaman & Nicobar, Lakshdweep and
other islands in the country.
Annual IGRMS Lecture
The Sangrahalaya organizes annual IGRMS lectures on
the occasion of Foundation day every year since 2006. In
this series Prof. A. C. Bhagabati, former Vice Chancellor of
Arunachal University, Itanagar delivered the lecture on
“Anthropological and Folklore Dimensions of Identity and
Inter community Relations: Snippet from the Hills and Plains
of Northeast India”. Prof. S.K. Singh, Vice - Chancellor, M.P. Bhoj
(Open) University, Bhopal chaired the Lecture.
Felicitation of Artists
On the occasion, Sangrahalaya felicitated the following
Artists, those who played an important role in building up the
Museum with their Art forms : Shri Pandit Ram (Chhattisgarh),
Shri Bal Saya, (Chhattisgarh), Smt. Nathi Ben Rabari (Gujarat),
Smt Manimala Chitrakar (West Bengal), Shri Prem Hindwal,
(Uttarakhand), Shri Gyaneshwar Singh, (Manipur), Shri Nand
Lal Vishwakarma, (Chhattisgarh), Shri Jayadev Deka, (Assam),
Shri Amin Mistry, (Uttarakhand). The Retired Sangrahalaya
Officials, Shri R.K. Shrivastava and Shri Tara Chand Pathak,
were also felicitated on this occasion.

Vandana
IGRMS NEWS: January-March 2012
Sangrahalaya organised a three day programme named “Vandana”. Shri Prahalad Tipania, Ms. Lata Singh Munshi and Ms.
Kirti Sood were performed in the programme. An exhibition named “Dharohar Jharokha” was inaugurated by Shri Ashok
Argal, member of Parliament.
From Museum Reserve Collection
Accession No. - 2010.147
Local Name - NAGADA
Equivalent - Single Membrane Musical Drum
Community - Oraon
Place of Collection - Ranchi, Jharkhand
A most prominent single membrane musical
drum played with two sticks to produce the
required tone, locally known as Nagada, Nagara
or Nagra among the tribes of Jharkhand. It is found in different
sizes. People used it as per their own choice or convenience
to carry. Nagada is of the old traditional instrument usually
accompanied with Sahnai & Dhank or double membrane
musical drum for dance and rituals during the marriage
ceremony, Jatra & festival like Sarhul & Karma, whereas used
separately during ‘Bishu Sendra’ or annual hunting expedition
held during the month of ‘Phagun’ by the Oraon Community.
This huge sized drum is made of hemispherical shaped
hollowed iron body prepared by the local ‘Lohar” caste and
its finalization process is done by the ‘Ghasi’ caste with the
parchment of leather membrane. It measures 92 cms in
height and attains 103 cms. in diameter in the opening end
and 333 cms. in circumference. Its basal end is minimum &
closed while the opposite end is open which is covered by
a thick leather sheet of buffalo skin. There are perforations
at the regular interval all along the margin of skin covering
the open end of the body. It is through each perforation
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a twisted string of skin is introduced and this
string is webbing each other in cross pattern
and wrapped around tightly to keep the skin
stretched with the support of leather strep
made two circular rings at the upper portion
and other two small rings at the lower portion
of drum and finally these strings are tightened
by a small thick ring on the bottom of the drum.
It is by this process membranous skin at the face
of the musical instrument is also tightened for providing
louder musical sound. While playing the instrument the
sound produced is in such a great volume that it reaches
approximately fifteen to twenty miles and even beyond that
in village area.
In tribal society Nagada is most important musical
instrument. It is not only the mode to reveal their love of
music & entertainment but also the way of communication
among them by sending massage of joy and emergency
since time immemorial, even today this tribal society when
undergo hunting expedition in dense forest in group they
divided themselves into small sub-groups and each group
necessarily carry a Nagada for communication. They decide
the number of sound to be made on Nagada on getting the
prey numbers of sound on any grave problem or need to help
from other sub-groups and numbers of sound for returning
to pre-decided place before starting for separate direction
in search of prey. - Rashmi Shukla
A seven day workshop on terracotta was organised in collaboration with department of Archaeology, Museum and Heritage,
(Govt. of Karnataka) from 23rd to 29th february, 2012. In this workshop terracotta artists from Odisha, Tamilnadu and Karnataka
participated. The workshop was inaugurated by Smt. Neela Manjunath, commissioner, Department of Archaeology, Museum
and Heritage.
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Editor: Prof. K.K. Misra; Editorial Assistance : Sudhir Shrivastava;
Photography: Tapas Kumar Biswas & Photo courtesy by: Sushma Mishra*; Layout design: K. Seshadri
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