Patronage of the government needed to keep folk art alive

Gidugu Ramamurthy Janapada Kalapeetham -founder Badri Kurma Rao written with books about Volkskunst in Vizianagaramam.

Vizianagaramam

Gidugu Ramamurthy Telugu Bhasha and founder of Janapada Kalapeetham and a retired government teacher Badri Kurmarao has asked the government to launch a special initiative to protect folk arts, what, he, he used to get royal patronage. He also insisted on the government to allow every large temple at least one folk art form, so that artists could often perform and pass on their skills to the next generation.

According to Badri Kurma Rao, the Kingdoms of Kakatiya, Reddirajas, Hampi Vizianagaram, the Prince’s States Venkatagiri, Vizianagaram, Bobbili and others used folk art forms to spread folk art forms to spread knowledge and songs.

During the Bhakti movement, Folk Artiste had been playing a key role for centuries. Burrakatha, Harikatha and other spiritual activities arranged almost all the great temples on their buildings. Now, however, most temples have stopped their support for folkartists. The Ministry of Culture also took the services of Folk Artistte to promote the government’s welfare schemes.

This separately, the Telugu film industry supported folkartists and folknummers for almost five decades were shown in films.

Veteran artist Mikkilineni Radhakrishna Murthy had many producers and folk dancing directors incorporated in their films. He collected information about many of the vanishing folk art forms and published a book Teluguvari Janapada Kalarupalu With the support of Potti Sreeramulu Telugu University in Hyderabad. Telugu Akademi has also contributed to the preservation of folk literature and published Telugu Janapada Geya Sahityam, Written by writer and researcher Birudaraju Ramaraju.

Mr. Kurma Rao, who published the book Pillalu Raasina Kalingaseema Janapada Kathalu A few years ago it noted that written literature was not available for many folk songs in districts Vizianagaram and Srikakulam. He had to collect data from parents, teachers and students for the publication of the book.

Mr. Kurma Rao, who worked in different parts of these two districts, has turned part of his house into an exclusive library of folk literature. “A few universities of Tamil Nadu and Karnataka have conducted research into popular arts of the respective states. The Hindu.

Central Tribal University of Andhra Pradesh Vice-KanSelier TV Kattimani told The Hindu That the university would set up a study center to get data from tribal folk art forms of North andhra districts. “The tribes pass on knowledge through songs and dancing. They explain the importance of family, culture, traditions and medicinal plants in the form of dancing and songs. That is why the university would do special care and have youth visit tribal areas and collect the data.