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  2. Aipan art - Wikipedia

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    Aipan art drawn on the entrance of a house. Aipan (Kumaoni: Ēpaṇ) is an established-ritualistic folk art originating from Kumaon in the Indian Himalayas. The art is done mainly during special occasions, household ceremonies and rituals. Practitioners believe that it invokes a divine power which brings about good fortune and deters evil. [1]

  3. Yashodhar Mathpal - Wikipedia

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    Yashodhar Mathpal (born 1939) is an Indian archaeologist, painter, curator, Gandhian and Rock art conservationist. He is most known for his study of cave art, especially in Bhimbetka rock shelters, Barechhina (Uttarakhand) and Kerala. He founded the Folk Culture Museum (Lok Sanskriti Sangrahalaya) in Bhimtal, Nainital district, in 1983. [1]

  4. Dhol Sagar - Wikipedia

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    Dhol Sagar (Garhwali; literally "ocean of drumming") is an ancient Indian treatise on the art of playing the dhol damau, the folk instruments of the Garhwal region of Uttarakhand. [1] It does not exist in a complete printed form, as it was transmitted orally (through percussive verses and vocable syllables) or empirically within the traditional ...

  5. Chholiya - Wikipedia

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    Chholiya or Hudkeli is a traditional folk dance form originated in the Kumaon division of the Indian state of Uttarakhand and Sudurpashchim province of Nepal. [1] It has today become a symbol of Kumaoni and Sudurpashchimi (mainly in Doti, Baitadi and Darchula districts) cultures.

  6. Dhol damau - Wikipedia

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    Dhol damau or dhol damaun is the term used to collectively refer to two folk instruments of Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, the dhol and damau, which are almost always played together on special occasions; though they may be played separately. [1]

  7. Ramman (festival) - Wikipedia

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    Although there are many Rammans, such as the Jak Ramman, one of the most popular is the masked Ramman of the Saloor Dungra village of the Painkhanda Valley in the Chamoli district in Uttarakhand, India. [1] The masked Ramman is unique to the Saloor-Dungra village and is neither replicated nor performed anywhere else in the Himalayan region. The ...

  8. Category:Culture of Uttarakhand - Wikipedia

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  9. Uttara Museum of Contemporary Art - Wikipedia

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    [1] [2] The museum exhibits various aspects of the calamity and the folk culture of Uttarakhand through paintings, sculptures, and other artworks by artist Surendra Pal Joshi. [3] [4] [2] [5] It also includes an art gallery encouraging younger generation of artists to exhibit modern and contemporary art.