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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. National List for Intangible Cultural Heritage - Wikipedia

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   Aipan art – the traditional folk art form for exterior and interior decoration in Kumaoni household of Uttarakhand have characteristic symbol representations related to religious Pooja ceremonies or Sanskar ceremonies connected with birth, birthdays, Upnayan (Yagyopaveet), wedding etc.

4. List of Intangible Cultural Heritage elements in India

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   Garhwal, Uttarakhand: It is a festival of the Garhwali people of Saloor Dungra village. Not performed anywhere in the Himalayas. 00281: Chhau dance: 2010 Performing Arts West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha: Purulia Chhau, Saraikela Chhau and Mayurbhanj Chhau are various styles of the dance. 00337: Kalbelia folk songs and dances of Rajasthan 2010 ...

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 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 ...

7. 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]

8. Rajula and Malushahi - Wikipedia

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   it is considered one of the most popular folklore of Kumaon. it has been performed in Kumaon for about thousand years and passed down orally from generation to generation in family of traditional bards, Mohan Upreti brought the epic ballad on the regional and national theaters, in 1980 Sangeet Natak Akademi of India published book on the epic ballad of Rajula-Malushahi.

9. Kumaon division - Wikipedia

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   In 2000, the new state of Uttarakhand was carved out of Uttar Pradesh, including Kumaon. The people of Kumaon are known as Kumaonis and speak the Kumaoni language. Kumaon is home to a famous Indian Army regiment, the Kumaon Regiment. The hill town Nainital is its administrative centre and this is where the Uttarakhand high court is located. [8]