Reincarnating Raipur
From kids to youth and from youth to elders, all are participating in ‘Aakar-2023’, a training camp on traditional arts, organized by the Culture Department of Chhattisgarh. More than 400 trainees are receiving training in different disciplines. Orphans and disabled children are being given free training in these disciplines. This training will surely give people an opportunity to become self-reliant through self-employment.
It is worth noting that every year training camps are organized by the state government with the aim of preserving, promoting, and creating awareness & interest in people towards traditional crafts & arts. Also this year, the ‘Traditional Craft and Various Art Training Camp Aakar-2023’ started on May 01 at the Mahant Ghasidas Memorial Museum complex located at Civil Line, Raipur. The training program will continue till May 19.
Officials of the Culture Department said that since the year 2005, the department has been running the Aakar training program. Training camps are also being organized in all the divisional headquarters of the state.
‘Aakar-2023’ is providing training in various art forms such as Mural Art, Papermaking, Clay Art, Wood, Bamboo Craft and Sculpture, Painting, Madhubani Art, Patachitra, Paddy Jewellery, Dry Flower, Glass Painting, Tattoo Art, Para Art, Terracotta, Rajwar Bhatti, Classical Dance, Drama, Folk Dance, Jute Craft, Mehendi Art, Gobar Art, Warli Art, Pichwai Art, Sand Art, Mandala Art, Mandana Art, Gond Art, Soura Art, Sketch Painting, Canvas Painting, Bonsai Art, Musical Instrument making and much more.
Artifacts and materials made by the trainees will be displayed at the campus on the concluding day after the training and certificates will also be distributed to the participants.
