Folk Art Museum Udaipur

The Indian Folklore Board, located in Udaipur, is a world-renowned institute for the promotion and training of philanthropic arts. It was founded on 22 February 1942 by eminent folk poet Padmashri Devi Lal Samar. Its artistic building is located on the main road from Chetak Circle to Panchavati. In this institute, the search department, exhibition department and woodwork training center have been set up along with the museum.

Publications related to folk literature are published by the search department of the institute and exhibitions of folk dances across the country are displayed by the display department. Artists are trained in woodworking techniques at the Artwork Training Center. In the international puppet ceremony organized in Bucharest in 1965, the group of the institute performed the puppetry and received the first prize in the world. This gives the art of international recognition to yoga art of Rajasthan.

                                                                                                           

The folk art museum is spacious in the big building. It has collected a number of typical artifacts of performing folk art. It comes to see more than one lakh domestic and foreign tourists every year. In terms of public education and art training, this museum is counted among the important museums in the country. The puppets dance is shown to tourists coming to the institute.

On the wall of the museum, there is a need for pabuji. In front of the reader Bhopa-Bhopin, there are human figures in the reading currency. Around this, the main features of Rajasthani folk theater - Turra Kangi, Gawari, Ramlila, Bhawai and Raseli - have been decorated. These photographs are made by watching stage shows, artists' efforts and participation of people.

In the adjoining chamber, the introduction of the people's culture from the woods of Isar-Ganagaur, Holi khande, toran, dancers, instrumentalist, Ram-Rabari, Maskhate, Manakthambh, etc. of Thakurji. In another chamber connected with the tall gallery, the terracotta sculptures of Takhaji, Dharmaj, Gunmanu, Amba Mata, Hansmatata, Murgamata, Mosquito Mata, Saad Mata, Rebari Dev, Pabuji etc have been displayed in the molluscs of Molele.

On top of them there are dome of Ramlala and Krishnlala in the wall, boats of various folk goddesses, Kawad, Bhairuji's Deora, a wooden pylon of Mama Dev and a stone statue of Takhadeva are displayed in the neck. Goddess Gaurijiya's procession is also displayed on the disguised Himalayan goddess at the time of pregnancy.

In the adjoining chamber, collections and photographs of essential weapons, dresses and essential items related to daily life of the tribes of Manipur, Tripura and Madhyapradesh of East and East India have been displayed in the adjoining chamber. Outside of the gallery there are various types of henna variety, toys, land ornamentation, rituals built on the wall and pictures of a combination of art.

This is the gallery of folk songs from the same gallery which show pictures of traditional folk songs and instrumental artists. Presentations of the main characters of Gauri, Rai Budiya, Rai, Khetri, Banjara and Hathia etc. have been displayed in tribal Bhils in the gallery ahead of this. Illustrations of dead people prevailing in tribals remain graphical graphs of tribal people like Chiara, Malatlok and Bhil-Garasia-Baharia etc.

The front chamber of the gallery is the pupil room in which various different types of statues of different provinces of India - Bengal, Bihar, Orissa, Rajasthan, Andhra Pradesh, Goa etc., along with many countries of the world - Germany, Poland, England, Czechoslovakia, The statues of Russia, Indonesia, Holland etc. have been displayed.