Museum of Tribal Arts and Artifacts
1KM per person
| Bhubaneswar |  |
Museum of Tribal Arts and Artifacts | ≈ 10Mins |
| Bhubaneswar |  |
Museum of Tribal Arts and Artifacts | ≈ 08Mins |
Entry fee : Free
Vehicle : Free
Interesting things to visits near:
Hall 1: Personal Adornments gallery of the museum showcases clothing textiles, and ornaments like bangles, anklets etc used by different tribal people of Odisha.
Hall 2: Personal Belongings, Arts, Paintings & Photographs gallery is home to items of personal use like traditional combs, paddy crafts, leaf umbrellas, ritual smoking pipes, wine pipes and tobacco container etc apart from tribal wall paintings and photographs.
Hall 3: Hunting & Fishing Implements & Weapons of Offence and Defense gallery display hunting implements including bow and arrow, catapult, spear, axes, fishing implements including fishing traps, nets and fish carrying baskets and hundreds of more offence and defense weapons like sword, gun, knife, etc.
Hall 4: Household Objects and Agricultural Implements showcase different traditional household objects, like ‘Audaka’ of Oraon, ‘Tapa’ of Santal, ‘Dudua’ of Gadaba, ‘Bati’ of Paroja, ‘Gandara’ of Khadia, and ‘Jhampi’ of Kisan.
Hall 5: Dance, Musical Instruments, and Dhokra Items exhibits traditional Dance and Musical instruments like ‘Katta’ of Koya, ‘Ghumura’ of Kutia Kandha, ‘Changu’ of Juang, ‘Dhak’ of Santal, ‘Tetedupe’ of Saora, ‘Basi’ of Kutia Kandha, ‘Ga-a-ni’ of Dongria Kandha, ‘Gagerai’ of Lanjia Saora and many more such stuff.
The museum courtyard has the replicas of the buildings, shrines and places of worship of different tribes. On the back side of the main museum, there is a series of houses and huts which replicate traditional house of different tribes like Gadaba, Kandha, Santal and Saora.
A little far from the main block, a newly constructed “PTG World” is located. This is dedicated for showcasing cultural heritage of some Primitive Tribal Groups (PTGs) living in Odisha.
The tribal museum is open from 10 AM to 5 PM on all days except Monday and Govt. Holidays. Entry to the museum is free.
The flower garden inside the campus is well maintained. Several life-size tribal people statues placed inside the garden add to its beauty. Traditional tribal wall paintings painted on almost all exterior walls of the museum. All these are beautifully arranged and easily makes you spend few extra minutes in the campus.
This objective served by the Tribal Museum is not only to preserve the tribal history and culture but also to make city people to be aware of them. If you have not visited this excellent place in the city yet, it’s time for you to plan and pay a visit.
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SCSTRTI has been conferred the Nodal TRI Status by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MQTA), Government of India in 2008-09. In 2014, this Institute was recognized as a National Resource Centre by MoTA, Gol for matters relating to implementation of FRA. The key objective of the NRC is to function as the "National Knowledge Hub and Technical Arm of MoTA" to address the capacity and knowledge gap in tribal development and implementing FRA. Considering the outstanding contributions of this Institute in various fields of activities, the Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA), Government of India has approved the institution of setting up of National Tribal Research Center (NTRC) as an autonomous entity within this Institute in 2016. Registration of this NTRC has been done in the mean time and all efforts are onto make this functional.
