Zulfkar visits Tribal Museum Bhubaneswar

Minister for FCS&CA Ch Zulfkar Ali during his visit to Tribal Museum at Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.
Minister for FCS&CA Ch Zulfkar Ali during his visit to Tribal Museum at Bhubaneswar on Wednesday.

Excelsior Correspondent
BHUBANESWAR, Dec 6: Minister for Food, Civil Supplies & Consumer Affairs and Tribal Affairs, Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali visited Tribal Research Institute (TRI) & Tribal Museum at Bhubaneswar.  He held detailed discussion with Ramesh Chandra Majhi, Minister for ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes in Odisha Government on tribal schemes.
The Minister along with Director Tribal Research Institute Dr. Prof A B Ota visited Tribal Research Institute &Tribal Museum and inspected the presentation of 62 tribes.
He was informed that the museum was established in the year 1953 and it has become a hub of anthropological interest for the local people, tourists and overseas visitors. The main museum building displays Dress and Ornaments, Personal Belongings, Arts and Photographs, Hunting & Fishing implements, Household Objects, Dance and Musical Instruments and Dhokra Items.
The Minister during his visit to museum inspected replicas of 14 tribal Shrine Crafts which are displayed in the courtyard of the museum where the tribal deities are enshrined.
Chowdhary Zulfkar also inspected replicas of five houses of tribes including Santal, Juang, Gadaba, Saora and Kandha each of these were built along with their shrine crafts, arts and artifacts and household appliances.
Speaking on the occasion, the Minister said that J&K Government is also planning to construct the Tribal Museum and the foundation stone has already been laid for construction of Tribal Research Institute at Khimber in Srinagar.
Meanwhile, the Minister called upon Ramesh Chandra Majhi, Minister for ST & SC Development, Minorities & Backward Classes in Odisha Government and discussed tribal issues with him.
The Ministers also discussed educational development of the ST communities & improving access to educational facilities through residential educational institutions. It was informed that Odisha was among the pioneers in setting up of Residential Educational Institutions since the initial years.

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