Documentation

Documentation has been one of the major activities of the Center to identify, preserve and document the various arts and crafts forms of the region, especially those that are disappearing. The major art and craft forms and traditions of the region, as well as their intellectuals, are periodically recognized and documented. The center is still working on documentation related to various arts, crafts, folk forms, folk paintings, economic status of artists, fairs and festivals, temples, churches, museums, etc. in the form of photography, videos, etc.

North Region Cultural Center has made around 219 documentaries on major fairs and festivals, craft fairs, folk art forms, folk instruments, great masters, museums, temples, art galleries etc (list attached). The Center worked with anthropologists, musicologists and professionals from other fields to produce these well-researched films.

Three documentary films – Baazi Aur Baazigar (Punjab); Jangam Gayan of Haryana (Social Practices, Rituals and Festive Events) by Professor Surjit Singh Lee, former Professor and Head, Anthropology Linguistics and Punjabi Language, Punjabi University, Patiala; And Bhand Pather (Jammu and Kashmir), Dr. Farooq Fayaz, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Kashmir, Srinagar (J & K) was sponsored by the North Zone Cultural Centre, with the aim of including these art forms in the representative list of Intangible Cultural Heritage.

Publication:

The following publications on various aspects of the zone’s culture have been produced by scholars in local languages:

List of Publications by North Zone Cultural Centre: