Cultural Mapping and Audio-Visual Documentation of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Varanasi

Varanasi, one of the most ancient cities of the world, is a repository of cultural heritage resulting from the continuous historical events of invasions and inhabitations, secular and spiritual influences, each carrying with it a plethora of both intangible and tangible properties, social contracts and related norms of knowledge, traditions and customs. Kashi, Banaras or Varanasi assumes a complex identity that has resulted from the collective memory of generations of communities settled... Read More

ICH Documentary : ‘LIFE IN A FISTFUL OF RICE’

The ICH Division undertook a project on Documentation of Rice culture in Northeast region of India. For this, three states namely; Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland were chosen for the research and documentation.  The imagination, cultivation, economy, and consumption of rice is constitutive to the cultural identity of communities across India. The ICH Division undertook an audio-video documentation of the intangible, cultural and material aspects of rice cultivation and its significance in... Read More

Lifestyle of Sedentarised Nomadic Gujjars of Jammu Plains

  The Project was initiated by the Jammu Chapter to document the Lifestyles of Gujjar Community with the aim to assess and understand the lifestyle, socio-economic status of Dodhi Gujjars of Jammu plains.   The Gujjars are originally a nomadic pastoral tribe. The dodhi Gujjars or Banhara Gujjars mainly rear buffaloes and migrate shorter distances of about 50 kms from their base. Their animals are bulky, requiring good quantity and quality of fodder and sufficient water. A few of... Read More

ICH Documentation Project: Thateras of Jandiala Guru

  The project on the Documentation of the Thateras was taken up by the Punjab Chapter with the aim to document the Craft: as a Living Cultural Heritage of Jandiala Guru. The tradition of Thateras and their craft is a magnificent journey of place and people in and through time. The tradition of the art and craft is called 'Living tradition' as it is expressed through the knowledge system transmitted from generation to generation and its products are continually relevant to the people... Read More

Listing of ICH of Lucknow

The Lucknow Chapter of INTACH undertook a project on Listing of Intangible Heritage of Lucknow. A detailed report for this has been received. The project captures myriad intangible aspects of Lucknow with mention of its historical background, variations in style, material and aesthetics, gender differences, rituals, dance, music, costume and cuisine among others. The documentation provides intricate details about the clothing during the time of the Nawabs such as Chogas, Angarkha, White Dastar,... Read More