East Zone Cultural Centre
- Kolkata, India
The East Zone Cultural Centre, abbreviated EZCC (ISO: Pūrvī Kṣētra Sāṁskr̥tika Kēṁdra), has its headquarters in Sector III, Salt Lake City, Kolkata, is situated in the Indian state of West Bengal, on account of Kolkata being referred to as the "Cultural Capital of India".[1] It is one of the seven zones established in India. The Indian states which are under the Eastern Cultural Zone are Bihar, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Odisha, Assam, Tripura, Manipur, Sikkim, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.[2] This zone is home to three classical dances, namely, Odissi, Sattriya and Manipuri dance; types of music include the classical Odissi music and semi-classical Rabindra Sangeet. In addition, Odia is one of the classical languages in India and the only living classical language from Eastern India.
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History
The EZCC was founded in 1985 and since, has been playing a significant role in promoting the numerous ethnic cultural centres and groups of excellence of the eastern parts of the India, with the objective of projection and dissemination of the traditional culture of Eastern India.
Composition
The EZCC is composed of the following members:
- Director, Cultural Affairs Department, Government of Assam
- Director, Arts, Culture & Youth Affairs Department, Government of Bihar
- Director, Department of Art, Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs, Government of Jharkhand
- Commissioner (Art & Culture), Government of Manipur
- Director of Culture, Government of Odisha
- OSD, Cultural Affairs & Heritage Department, Government of Sikkim
- Secretary & Director, ICAT, Government of Tripura
- Joint Secretary & Ex-Officio, Director of Culture, Government of West Bengal
- Director, Department of Art and Culture, Andaman and Nicobar Islands Administration.
Schemes
There are various schemes sponsored by The Ministry of Culture, Government of India gives grants to the Zonal Cultural Centers. These schemes are National Cultural Exchange Programme, Theatre rejuvenation scheme, North East Programme, Guru Shishya Parampara and young talent search. To promote the culture in youth there are many competition organise by EZCC in following fields :
- Folk Music
- Folk Dance
- Classical Music
- Classical Dance
To preserve this Indian tradition, the EZCC organises various Guru Shishya Parampara schemes, which include:
- Gotipua Dance (Odisha)
- Purulia Chhau Dance (West Bengal)
- Paika / Paika akhada a War Dancs from (Odisha)
- Nauta (West Bengal)
- Bordoishilka (Assam)
- Thang-Ta Dance (Manipur)
- Bhatiali Folk Songs (West Bengal)
- Kushan Dance (Assam)
- Pung cholom (Manipur)
- Maruni (Sikkim)
West Bengal's capital Kolkata is the largest city of this region. The states of Odisha and West Bengal share a lot cultural and linguistic characteristics with Bangladesh and with the state of Assam. Together with Bangladesh, West Bengal forms the ethno-linguistic region of Bengal, which was also a unified administrative region until 1947.
Odissi is the oldest surviving classical dance, Pattachitra the most influential ancient classical painting, classical Odishian unique ancient architecture Kalinga architecture like Konark, Lingraja, lalitgiri etc. Odia is the only modern Indo-Aryan language accorded the status of a Classical Language in India, and Odissi music is claimed to be the classical Music among Karnatik and Hindustani Music.
Other Regional Cultural Centres of India
- North Zone Cultural Centre, Patiala, Punjab
- North Central Zone Cultural Centre, Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh
- West Zone Cultural Centre Udaipur, Rajasthan
- North East Zone Cultural Centre, Chümoukedima, Nagaland
- South Zone Cultural Centre
- South Central Zone Cultural Centre, Nagpur, Maharashtra
The Cultural Zones of India are seven overlapping zones defined by the Ministry of Culture[5] of the Government of India to promote and preserve the cultural heritage of various regions of India.[6]
References
- ^ Pielou, Adrianne (4 March 2011). "India: Calcutta, the capital of culture". The Telegraph. Archived from the original on 16 November 2013.
- ^ "Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre (EZCC)". Ministry of Culture, Government of India. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
- ^ Georg, Feuerstein (2002). The Yoga Tradition. Motilal Banarsidass. p. 600. ISBN 3-935001-06-1.
- ^ Clarke, Peter Bernard (2006). New Religions in Global Perspective. Routledge. p. 209. ISBN 0-7007-1185-6.
- ^ "Zonal Cultural Centres". Ministry of Culture. Archived from the original on 8 August 2011.
- ^ West Zone Culture Centre, West Zone Culture Centre, retrieved 15 December 2010,
... West Zone Cultural Centre (WZCC) with its headquarters at Udaipur is one of the seven Zonal Cultural Centres set up during 1986–87, under the direct initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India ...
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