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William Buller Fagg CMG (28 April 1914 – 10 July 1992) was a British curator and anthropologist. He was the Keeper of the Department of Ethnography at the British Museum (1969–1974), and pioneering historian of Yoruba and Nigerian art, with a particular focus on the art of Benin.
The Scheduled Tribes in Uttarakhand comprise 5 tribes, with a population of 2,91,903, constituting 2.9% of the state's population according to the 2011 census. [ 1 ] List of Scheduled Tribes
Tribal art is the visual arts and material culture of indigenous peoples.Also known as non-Western art or ethnographic art, or, controversially, primitive art, [1] tribal arts have historically been collected by Western anthropologists, private collectors, and museums, particularly ethnographic and natural history museums.
In education, dress and taste, the Hausa people and their counterparts the Fulani have become a significant part of the Islamic world; this said influence still remains until the current day. [31] The Fulani practice the art of whipping a suitor before giving his bride to him as part of their marriage obligation.
Cheli Aipan is a government initiative, to promote the Aipan art form. [10] With an aim to promote the local art form of Uttarakhand and to encourage the artists, The Aipan Resort [11] was established in Chopta, Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. The resort aims at bringing the local art to a single place and practising its raw form.
Main building of The Doon School. In Uttarakhand there are 15,331 primary schools with 1,040,139 students and 22,118 working teachers (Year 2011). As per 2011 Census of India, the literacy rate of the state was 78.82% with 87.40% literacy for males and 70.01% literacy for females. [1]
It is the border area of Garhwal region in Uttarakhand. In 1829, Jaunsar-Bawar was incorporated in Chakrata tehsil, prior to which it had been a part of Punjab state of Sirmaur , until the British conquered it along with Dehradun after the 1814 war with the Gorkhas .
On the ancient African kingdom of [Benin]. The bronze artifacts from the Benin Kingdom in modern-day Nigeria. History: Vice-consul Phillips of UK came to Benin in 1897 to punish the King of Benin for not holding his part of the deal in a trading agreement. But at the time a ritual ceremony was being held to renew the strength of the King, so no ...