RBU to host Lokshilpa O Karukriti Mela at Jorasanko Thakurbari
Kolkata, May 3 (IBNS) The West Bengal State Akademi Of Dance Drama Music And Visual Arts, Rabindra Bharati University will hold the Lokshilpa O Karukriti Mela at the Jorasanko Thakurbari from May 6 to 8, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. daily.
Sixty artists, craftspersons and weavers from 15 districts of West Bengal, will be participating and showcasing their handicrafts.
These will include patachitras, mats, and decorative items made with coarse grass and buffalo horns from Paschim Midnapur district; traditional puppets from Dakshin 24-Parganas district; batik products from Howrah district; kantha-stitch items and wood carvings from Burdwan district; dokra jewellery, shola crafts and batik products from Birbhum district; traditional clay dolls from Nadia district; Baluchari sarees, dokra crafts and terracotta items from Bankura district.
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