women- the cultural keeper of socio-cultural practices in
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Women- the cultural keeper of socio-cultural practices in Indian Communities
Case study - Yadav community, Haryana, India
Shashi Bala Research Scholar Department of Museology National Museum Institute, New Delhi, India
Yadav woman drawing the cultural symbols in ‘Kua Pujan’ ceremony
Cultural Heritage in India
• Tangible Cultural Heritage
• Intangible Cultural Heritage
Transmission of Intangible Cultural Heritage
• Institutions documenting and preserving the tangible cultural heritage
o Museums
o Monuments
o Cultural institution like Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH), India
• Institutions documenting and preserving the intangible cultural heritage
o Few Museums like Indira Gandhi Rashtriyan Manav Sangrahalaya (IGRMS), Bhopal, India
o Few institution like Indira Gandhi National Centre for Arts (IGNCA), New Delhi, India
Documentation of ICH
Documentation of Tangible Cultural
Heritage
Artifacts
Monuments, buildings
Historical sites
Expressions and observation of social and cultural practices
Oral transmission
Documentation of Intangible Cultural Heritage and Tangible Heritage
Museum and their role in Intangible cultural heritage Some example: In Adoration of Krishna: Pichhwais of Shrinathji Sanaugavut: Inuit Art from the Canadian Artic was organized by the TAPI Collection at jointly organized by National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa National Museum from and National Museum, New Delhi and 8 December 2007 to 28 February 2008 National Museum Institute, New Delhi, India
at the National Museum, India from 27th September 2010 to 2nd January 2011.
Social practices, intangible culture representation and oral experience in Yadav Community, India
• Historical Background
• Cultural Continuity
• Present Challenges
Social responsibilities Economical
responsibilities
Cultural role
Women are the custodian and keepers of intangible cultural heritage
Cultural practices of Yadav women • Interrelation of art objects and rituals
• Some cultural ceremonies
Using Krava in ‘Krava Choth’ Puja Small clay pots and diya in ‘Gowardhan Puja’
Interrelation of art objects and rituals
Women carry a Doghar (two big mud pots) in Kua Pujan ceremony
Some cultural ceremonies
North Indian community performing in ‘Chak Poojan’ ritual
Chak Poojan is a marriage ceremony performed during the marriage of many north Indian communities such as Yadav Community of Haryana, India.
Tradition folksong and folkdance performed by the Yadav women on ‘Teej’ festival
Main difficulties faced by this community are: • Members of this community are moving to the urban areas for better employment. • Women play an important role in performing the rituals and traditions. In cities women perform the rituals as a duty without knowing the significance and importance of the rituals. The guilt and ignorance is pushing city women to avoid performing these rituals. • Folk songs and dances are replaced by peppy Bollywood numbers. • Communication gap in transmitting the intangible cultural between the two generations.
For every community, documentation and transmission of its Intangible Cultural Heritage is significant in the social and cultural context and it needs proper methodologies and research tools. In the Indian context there are no specific guidelines or established systems other than ethnography and anthropological systems to identify and document the Intangible heritage. The intangible cultural heritage needs to be continuously documented and performed to ensure its preservance and continuity.
Shukriya
(Thank You)