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Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah reopens for devotees

September 6, 20201535 Views

The famous Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah, which was closed over five months ago after the outbreak of the coronavirus, opened for devotees on Sunday, with a "moderate" number of people visting the shrine to pay obeisance to the Sufi saint. Union Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi was among the people who paid obeisance to Sufi saint Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia on the first of the reopening of the shrine, caretakers of the dargah said. Dargah and the Jamaat Khana Masjid. By Flickr/Varunshiv The minister appreciated measures taken by the shrine to protect devotee from the coronavirus disease, they said. The graves of Hazrat Nizamuddin Aulia and Amir Khusro in the dargah complex have been covered from all sides with plastic sheets "so that people do not touch them while pay...

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Tibetan Musical Instruments – Craft for Art

AWARA MUSAFIR BUREAU

September 3, 20201624 Views

Tibetan wood carving is a sublime art. Everything from Dalai Lama’s throne to incense boxes and Chemar bowls, has imprints of it. The signs of art of wood carving can be traced to as far as 7th century Tsuglakghang in Lhasa constructed during reign of King Songtsen Gampo. Wooden table paintings were also unique and popular during those times. That was said to be another branch of Tibetan art. Subjects and pictorial composition of these wooden table paintings are similar to those of thangka paintings. It has also been used in decorating traditional musical string instruments...like Dramyins and Piwangs. Though not a flourishing art, because the younger Tibetan generation has different choices, still there are some craftsman, giving their life and dedication to wood carving. Passang To...

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कलाओं का केंद्र रहा है केरल का मलाबार इलाका

M S RADHAKRISHNA PILLAI

August 12, 20201244 Views

मलाबार का इलाका केरल की कई पारंपरिक कलाओं का केंद्र रहा है। इनमें तैय्यम और कलरिपयट्टु शामिल हैं। वहीं कर्नाटक से लगे उत्तर केरल में कासरगोड यक्षगान और पुतलियों के नाच के लिए प्रसिद्ध है। तैय्यम को कलियट्टम भी कहा जाता है। यह नृत्य परंपरा कम से कम आठ सौ साल पुरानी बताई जाती है। यह उत्तर केरल में प्रचलित रहा मूलत: धार्मिक अनुष्ठान का नृत्य है। कन्नूर व कासरगोड जिलों में इस कला की खास तौर पर परवरिश हुई। यह भी कहा जाता है कि तैय्यम दरअसल दैवम् शब्द का अपभ्रंश या देशज रूप है। इसमें नृत्य है,अभिनय है, संगीत है और प्राचीन जनजातीय संस्कृति की झलक इसमें साफ देखने को मिलती है। उसमें नायकों के यशोगान और पूर्वजों की आत्माओं के ध्यान को ज्यादा अहमियत दी जाती थी। केरल में तैय्यम की एक प्रस्तुति माना जाता है कि लगभग चार सौ किस्म के तैय्यम प्रचलन में हैं। इनमें सबसे लोकप्रिय रक्त चामुंडी,...

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Music Fest in a Borneo Rainforest

AJAY GARG

August 2, 20201026 Views

Rainforest World Music Festival (RWMF) 2020, Rainforest World Music Festival Fringe (RWMFF) and Rainforest in the City (RITC) events, originally scheduled to be held in July 2020 were postponed due to COVID-19 situation around the world. This announcement by Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) was in light of the statement issued by the State Disaster Management Committee and the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture Sarawak that all government and public gatherings involving more than 250 participants should be postponed to a later date. These events have been postponed and not cancelled for now and the organising committee plans to mobilise them if the situation gets better. With more than 20,000 expected visitors from over 30 countries, the RWMF 2020 was, as always, extremely important for Sar...