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ART AND CULTURE - January 2020

Jan 2020

Nov 15, 2020

More than 100 Intact Sarcophagi Unearthed Near Cairo

Under a huge white canopy tent facing Egypt's oldest pyramid, part of a cache of more than 100 sealed and intact mummies were unveiled Saturday, along with 40 statues of deities, ornate sarcophagi and gilted masques.
Buried more than 2,500 years ago, the colourful, intricately decorated coffins were the most recent discovery at the vast necropolis south of the country's capital Cairo, which has been excavated over a three year period by an Egyptian mission.
Egyptian officials hailed the brightly coloured encasements as the biggest discovery of the year.

More than 100 Intact Sarcophagi Unearthed Near Cairo

Under a huge white canopy tent facing Egypt's oldest pyramid, part of a cache of more than 100 sealed and intact mummies were unveiled Saturday, along with 40 statues of deities, ornate sarcophagi and gilted masques.
Buried more than 2,500 years ago, the colourful, intricately decorated coffins were the most recent discovery at the vast necropolis south of the country's capital Cairo, which has been excavated over a three year period by an Egyptian mission.
Egyptian officials hailed the brightly coloured encasements as the biggest discovery of the year.

Nov 14, 2020

Ayodhya Creates World Record with 6 Lakh Diyas

The Uttar Pradesh government went all out in marking the homecoming of Lord Ram to this holy town the mythical event in 'treta yug' on which the festival of Diwali is based. Along the way, the organisers broke a world record. As dusk fell, volunteers lit up over six lakh earthen lamps lined up on the Saryu riverbank.
A team from the Guinness World Records was present to see if it made it to their book. Hours later, team leader Nishchal Barot gave the final count as 6,06,569 `diyas', and told that it was 'largest display of oil lamps' in the world. The 'Deepotsav' included the reenactment of the arrival of God Ram and Goddess Sita to Ayodhya on their 'pushpak viman', a laser and sound show, cultural programmes and the lighting of a record 5.51 lakh earthen lamps on the banks of the Saryu.

Nov 13, 2020

Australian Indigenous Art that Questions Colonial History

Australian indigenous art that responds to climate change and questions the imbalance between written colonial and oral aboriginal history reaches India through an online exhibition.
It was from Grandma Wilma that Australian indigenous artist Rhonda Brim learned how to weave a dilly bag.
A cultural marker of the stolen history of the aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander peoples, the dilly bag made with twisted bark fibres was used as a food strainer and preparation basket. The craft waned during days of the Mona Mona Mission — around 1913 when large numbers of Djabugay people were forcibly taken to a religious congregation in Queensland and in effect robbed of their traditional arts and language.

Nov 10, 2020

Stolen Items to be returned to UK from US after Decades

Items belonging to World War Two Bletchley Park code-breaker Alan Turing that were stolen from the UK decades ago are to be returned from the US.
The mathematician's miniature OBE medal is among 17 items that were taken from Dorset's Sherborne School by Julia Turing, who is no relation, in 1984.
They were found at her home in Colorado in the US in 2018.
A US civil court case launched against her has been settled out of court and the items are due to be returned.
According to US court papers and Sherborne School, Ms. Turing, who legally changed her name from Julie Schwinghamer in 1988, removed the items without permission from archives given to the school in 1965 by the Turing family, in memory of the time he spent there as a pupil.

Nov 01, 2020

Tyre Park in Kolkata Set to Turn Waste into Art

The Esplanade Bus Depot in the heart of the city usually buzzing with the noise of buses and chugging of trams is all set to have a unique art installation made of used old tyres. The West Bengal Transport Department is giving final touches to what it calls "the country's first tyre park".
The idea behind the park is that waste can be converted into art. Nothing is waste and can be art, is the message of the tyre park coming up in Kolkata.
Disposal of used and waste tyres is not only a challenge for authorities but also takes a lot of time. Usually, such tyres remain piled up at the bus depots, making them an eyesore. The employees of West Bengal Transport Corporation (WBTC) started working on such tyres and other scrap material for weeks and have been able to convert them into an eye-pleasing and colourful amalgamation.

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General Awareness

ART AND CULTURE - January 2020

Jan 2020

Nov 15, 2020

More than 100 Intact Sarcophagi Unearthed Near Cairo

More than 100 Intact Sarcophagi Unearthed Near Cairo

Nov 14, 2020

Ayodhya Creates World Record with 6 Lakh Diyas

Nov 13, 2020

Australian Indigenous Art that Questions Colonial History

Nov 10, 2020

Stolen Items to be returned to UK from US after Decades

Nov 01, 2020

Tyre Park in Kolkata Set to Turn Waste into Art

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