Lok Sabha Question No. 3212 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-15
Subject: Conservation of Ancient Folk Cultures
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey, Ramya  Haridas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3212 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 TH  MARCH, 2021

## CONSERVATION OF ANCIENT FOLK CULTURES

## 3212.  DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

MS. RAMYA HARIDAS:

## Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of ancient folk cultures being preserved in the States of Jharkhand Bihar and Kerala along with the schemes under which this is being done;
- (b) the places to which these folk cultures belong to;
- (c) the  amount  of  funds  sanctioned/allocated  for  these  preserved  folk  cultures during the last five years; and
- (d) the  details  of  the  measures  being  adopted  for  the  preservation  of  said  folk cultures, district-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) FOR CULTURE AND TOURISM (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a) & (b) To protect, preserve & promote various forms of folk art and ancient folk cultures throughout the country including Jharkhand, Bihar and Kerala, the Government  of  India has  set up seven  Zonal  Cultural  Centres  (ZCCs)  with headquarters at Patiala, Nagpur, Udaipur, Prayagraj, Kolkata, Dimapur and Thanjavur. Jharkhand is the member State of Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC), Kolkata; Bihar is the member State of North Central Zone Cultural Centre (NCZCC), Prayagraj and Kerala is the  member State of South Zone Cultural Centre (SZCC), Thanjavur.

Ancient  folk  cultures  being  preserved  in  Jharkhand  are  Faguwa  Nritya,  Turi Nritya,  Faguwa  Nritya,  Turi  Nritya,  Paika  Nritya,  Hodopathy,  Tribal  dance  (Karam Nritya).

Ancient  folk  cultures  being  preserved  in  Bihar  are  Lok  Gatha  "Reshma Chuharmal"  (Begusarai),  Lok  Gatha  "Bihula  Bishari"  (Purnia),  Lok  Gatha  "Naradi" (Begusarai), Bidesia Lok Natya (Bhojpur region), Godana Painting (Madhubani), Lok Natya "Hirni-Birni" (Magadh region), Panwaria, Domkach & Sohar Khilona folk dance (All regions of Bihar State), Domkach folk dance (All regions of Bihar State), Jharni & Jhinjhia folk dance (Mithilanchal Area), Bidesia (Bhojpur Area), Bihar Ke Paramparik Natya (All regions of Bihar State), Drupad Dhamar, Godna Geet, Sikki Kala, Tikuli Art and Madhubani Painting.

Ancient folk cultures being preserved in Kerala are Poorakali, Malayankettu & and

Kannerpattu (Kannur), Daffumuttu (Malabar), Kanyarkali (Thrissur) Arabanaumuttu (Kozhikode).

(c) No separate allocation of funds is being done art-wise. However, annual grantin-aid is provided to all the ZCCs  for organizing various cultural activities/ programmes  in  their  member  States  including  Jharkhand,  Bihar  and  Kerala.  The grant-in-aid provided to the ZCCs during the last five years is as under:

| Sl. No.   | Year    |   Grant-in-aid (Amount in lakh) |
|-----------|---------|---------------------------------|
| i.        | 2015-16 |                         6834.33 |
| ii.       | 2016-17 |                         6085.07 |
| iii.      | 2017-18 |                         4689.71 |
| iv.       | 2018-19 |                         5952.69 |
| v.        | 2019-20 |                         5732.95 |

(d) There  is  no  dedicated  scheme  to  preserve  these  particular  folk  art  forms. However, these ZCCs organize various cultural activities  and  programmes all  over the country on regular basis for which annual grant-in-aid is provided to them. In this regard,  a  number of  schemes viz. Award to  Young Talented  Artists, Guru  Shishya Parampara, Theatre Rejuvenation, Research & Documentation, Shilpgram, OCTAVE and National Cultural Exchange Programme (NCEP) are being implemented by these ZCCs.