Bhartiya Lok Kala Mandal was founded by Padma Shri Devilal Samar in 1952. It is engaged in studying folk art, culture, songs and festivals of Rajasthan, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh and to popularise and propagate folk arts, folk dances and folk literature. The institution has a museum that exhibits collection of folk articles from Rajasthan like rural-dresses, ornaments, puppets, masks, dolls, folk musical instruments, folk deities and paintings.
Goals of Bhartiya Lok Kala Mandal:
To popularise folk arts, folk dances and folk literature.
To accelerate research in folk arts.
To update traditional folk art to suit the modern area.
To give performances of puppet shows ,folk dances, and songs, in and out of India.
To conduct training courses in folkloristics.
To encourage folk artistes. |