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ART AND CULTURE - January 2019

Jan 2019

Jun 08, 2022

Assam Baikho Festival

The Baikho festival is celebrated in the state of Assam, which is called as gateway to northeast India. It is celebrated by Rabha tribes of India.
Rabhas are a Tibeto-Burman community. They reside in Lower Assam in Garo hills and Dooar region of West Bengal. They are among the plains tribe in state. They are an agriculture-based community. They have distinctive culture and celebrations.
The Baikho festival is celebrated annually. It is celebrated to bring in auspicious harvest season and to fill it with abundant crops and good health. This is a celebration of good harvest. It is an ancient tradition. It is predominantly observed by Rabha Tribe. However, people from other communities also harmonise in the celebrations.

Jun 06, 2022

IAF Heritage Centre to come up in Chandigarh

A heritage centre to showcase the role of the Indian Air Force in various wars and its overall functioning will come up at Chandigarh. The 'IAF Heritage Centre' will be set up jointly by the force and the Chandigarh administration. An MoU between the Union Territory of Chandigarh and the IAF for setting up of the centre was inked. The ceremony was attended by Punjab Governor Banwarilal Purohit and Air Chief Marshal V. R. Chaudhari.
This heritage centre will have artefact, simulators and interactive boards to highlight various facets of IAF. It will also showcase the vital role played by the service in various wars and assistance rendered for humanitarian assistance and disaster relief. This joint project of Administration of UT Chandigarh and IAF is planned to be completed by October 2022.

Jun 01, 2022

Israeli Archaeologists Unearth 2,100-Year-Old Farmstead

A team of archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA) uncovered the 2,100-year-old ruins of an agricultural farmstead in the Galilee region of Israel. They also uncovered tens of loom weights used for weaving garments, large ceramic storage vessels, and iron agricultural implements, including various picks and scythes. The ancient coins retrieved date the farmstead to the second half of the second century BCE (Hellenistic Hasmonean period).
The team also uncovered the foundations of buildings, pottery vessels, and other finds dating to the 10-9th centuries BCE (Iron Age).
More research is required to determine the identity of the inhabitants of the site.

May 31, 2022

India's Foremost Documentary Film Festival MIFF 2022 Begin in Mumbai

The 17th edition of the Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short Fiction, and Animation films (MIFF-2022) began with a colourful opening ceremony at the Nehru Centre, Worli in Mumbai, Maharashtra. MIFF 2022 got an overwhelming response from filmmakers across the world, receiving a whopping eight hundred and eight film entries from 30 countries. In commemoration of Bangladesh's 50 years of Independence, the country was chosen as the 'Country of Focus this year. A special package of 11 films from Bangladesh including the critically acclaimed film 'Hasina- A Daughter's Tale' will be presented at MIFF 2022.
The best film of the festival will receive the Golden Conch award, along with a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakh. Other awards carry cash prizes varying from five to one lakh along with Silver Conch, trophy and certificate. This award is instituted in memory of legendary filmmaker V. Shantaram, who was closely associated with the Films Division as Honorary Chief Producer during the 1950s.

May 30, 2022

Jitendra Singh Inaugurates India's First 'Lavendar Festival' in Bhaderwah

Union Minister Jitendra Singh inaugurated the country's first 'Lavendar festival' at Jammu's Bhaderwah where the cultivation of lavender has transformed the economy of the mountainous area. Bhaderwah in the Doda district is the birthplace of India's purple revolution. The minister described Bhaderwah in the Doda district as the birthplace of India's purple revolution.
Lavender changed the fortunes of farmers in Jammu and Kashmir under the 'Aroma Mission or Purple Revolution', an initiative of the Central government towards transforming the lives of UT's farmers' community.
The Purple or Lavender Revolution was launched in 2016 by the Union Ministry of Science & Technology through the Council of Scientific & Industrial Research's (CSIR) Aroma Mission.
The aim of the mission is to support the domestic aromatic crop-based agroeconomy by moving from imported aromatic oils to homegrown varieties. Lavender cultivation is practised in almost all 20 districts of Jammu and Kashmir.

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