Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 20: Three-day national level painting camp on tribal life and culture organized by Tribal Research and Cultural Foundation (TRCF) and District Administration Udhampur concluded here today.
Former Tribal Minister and sitting MLA Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali was chief guest at the valedictory function while as veteran artist N D Jamwal, art historian Dr Lalit Gupta and Dr Javaid Rahi, Secretary Tribal Foundation were in the presidium.
Interacting with the tribal scholars and artists, Ch Zulfkar Ali said that tribal of Jammu and Kashmir are very rich in term of their culture, tradition and heritage. He praised the visual artists for reflecting the richness of tribal ethnicity and life style through their paintings created during the camp. He further said that he was greatly enthused with this unique venture.
He said that it is high time to establish tribal museum in the State so that the culture of tribal and groups will get preserved, documented and exhibited in such a manner which emerges as centre of attraction for domestic and international tourists.
Dr Javaid Rahi said that the collection of painting created during the camp will be exhibited in the National Painting Exhibition to be held in Jammu and a series of programme is offing on tribal culture at Srinagar and Udhampur shortly.
Dr Lalit Gupta said that this tradition of reflecting tribal culture through the medium of art must be carried on, adding tribal folk art forms should be revived and documented in a scientific manner. N D Jamwal said that this camp will add new dimensions to tradition of realistic painting in J&K.
A number of dignitaries visited the camp included Justice Tashi Rabstan, Sojanay Sharma, Director Urban and Local Bodies Dr A S Amn, Aditional Secretary J&K Academy of Art, Culture and Languages, veteran writer Dr Rafeeq Anjum, renowned sculptor Arvid Gupta, artist Milan Shama and Zaffar Iqbal Chowdhary.
Among others the artists who participated in the camp includes R P Singh, Akram Khan, Satpaul Deol, Rohit Verma, Rakesh Kumar, Sahil Ohri, Narinder Bhagat, Anjli Bharti, Munir Chowdhary, Mahua Gupta, Kanchal Verma and Sakshi Gupta.
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