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Showcasing tribal art forms

The Kerala Institute for Research, Training and Development Studies of Scheduled Castes and Tribes (KIRTADS) and Scheduled Tribe Department will organise an arts and trade fair from February 1 to 8 at Rajendra Maindan.

Titled Gadhika-2007, the fair is being organised as part of efforts to promote traditional art forms and occupations of people of the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes communities. The art forms of the tribal people would be performed on every evening.

There would also be a traditional food festival and demonstration of tribal methods to cure ailments. As many as 12 tribal healers would participate in the fair. Traditional foodstuffs cooked by various tribal communities will be available at the venue, District Collector A P M Mohammed Hanish said. Minister for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Welfare and Electricity A.K.Balan will inaugurate the fair. Last year, the fair was held in Thiruvananthapuram. The fair is being held this time in two districts — Ernakulam and Palakkad. People's representatives, various cultural organisations and traders are members of the organising committee. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes cooperative societies, various Government-owned corporations and departments would set up as many as 50 stalls, said Mr. Hanish.

K.C. Gopakumar

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