essay-- 'Roots: The Living Root Bridges of Meghalaya by Ian Lyngdoh which shows how villages in East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya use traditional knowledge to engineer a unique bridge building art with living roots of rubber trees.
essay-- 'Roots: The Living Root Bridges of Meghalaya by Ian Lyngdoh which shows how villages in East Khasi Hills of Meghalaya use traditional knowledge to engineer a unique bridge building art with living roots of rubber trees.
"There is a need for awareness as well as acknowledgement of this rare art form to save these rubber trees and sustain the geo-engineering by the communitYy," Lyngdoh said.
An art exhibition 'Tectonic Live' by Jimmy Chishi explores the architecture of forms mimicking human movement and inspired by the constructing powers in nature as well as architecture.
The festival will also have discussions on 'Of Other Partitions'-- Eastern India's stories of partition which somehow remained outside the general narrative of Partition.
"Through this discussion we would like to understand why the stories of Partition in the East are obfuscated and thereafter launch a memory project to chronicle the Partition.
"It will begin with presentation by Moushumi Bhowmik based on field recordings from The Travelling Archive," he added.
The festival will also organise a Tea Tasting Ceremony, curated by tea planter Dhrubajit Chaliha, who will take those present through various shades and tastes of tea for the discerning as well as the uninitiated.
Another highlight of the festival is the series of 10 portraits in charcoal -'Every face has a story' by Joydeep Choudhury which is part of an ongoing project by him to document faces from more than 200 ethnic communities in India's Northeast and map the region through faces.
There will also be a session on 'Adda: The Lost Art of Conversation' to celebrate the art of conversation and discuss the culture of adda and perhaps the shrinking space for conversations and opinions as well.
(This article has not been edited by DNA's editorial team and is auto-generated from an agency feed.)
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