22 Tiger Reserves Areas Tribal Art Exhibition starts in New Delhi
Art and Culture
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A unique tribal art exhibition is being held in New Delhi from 17-20 October 2024. The exhibition displays the art of 49 tribal artists living in the 22 National Tiger reserves across the 10 states of India. The exhibition, titled Silent Conversation: From Margins to the Centre, is being held for the second time and was inaugurated by the Minister for External Affairs, Dr S Jaishanakar, in New Delhi on 17 October 2024.
Organiser of the Art Exhibition
The National Tiger Conservation Authority is organising the second “Silent Conversation: From Margins to the Centre” exhibition in collaboration with the International Big Cat Alliance, Sankala Foundation and the National Human Rights Commission.
Participants of the Tribal Art Exhibition
The Tribal art exhibition Silent Conversation: From Margins to the Centre is being organised to highlight the crucial role the tribal communities play in the conservation and preservation of the country’s environment and forest
Over 200 paintings and 100 art pieces made by the 49 tribal artists from 22 tiger reserves in 10 states are being displayed.
Out of the 49 artists,10 belong from areas within the tiger reserves of Madhya Pradesh, and the rest are from the tiger reserves of Chhattisgarh, Telangana, Maharashtra, Rajasthan, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, Jharkhand, and Mizoram.
The exhibition displays tribal art forms, such as Warli, Gond, Sohra, Pata Chitra and Bhil, made using sustainable materials.
About the National Tiger Conservation Authority
The National Tiger Conservation Authority is a statutory body set up in 2005 under the provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
It comes under the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
The National Tiger Conservation Authority is the apex body for implementing Project Tiger and Project Cheetah in the country.
According to the latest census, around 75 % of the world’s tiger population is in India. There were 3,682 tigers in the 55 tiger reserves of India.
International Big Cat Alliance
Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the International Big Cat Alliance on 9 April 2023 in Mysuru, Karnataka, to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Project Tiger.
The International Big Cat Alliance aims to work to conserve seven big cats: tiger, lion, leopard, snow leopard, cheetah, jaguar, and puma.
The headquarters of the International Big Cat Alliance is in India.
The alliance aims to include 96 big cat range countries and non-range countries interested in big cat conservation.
