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Dhunuchi: The dance with incense, smoke and devotion to Goddess Durga

Dhunuchi: The dance with incense, smoke and devotion to Goddess Durga

Dhunuchi dancers use a clay incense burner filled with camphor, coconut husk and dhuno – incense made using sal tree resin. Devotees hold up to three dhunuchis while dancing energetically to the beats of dhak (traditional drum) during Durga Puja

How Gazi Khan Barna took Manganiyar folk music from the Thar Desert to the world

How Gazi Khan Barna took Manganiyar folk music from the Thar Desert to the world

Five entrepreneurs reviving hand block printing

Five entrepreneurs reviving hand block printing

Kalam Patua: The postmaster who revived Bengal’s Kalighat paintings

Kalam Patua: The postmaster who revived Bengal’s Kalighat paintings

A quaint village in Hooghly becomes manufacturing hub for string instruments

A quaint village in Hooghly becomes manufacturing hub for string instruments

Ten handloom weaving traditions of India

Ten handloom weaving traditions of India

Kashmir: Pashmina weavers’ looms come to a grinding halt

Kashmir: Pashmina weavers’ looms come to a grinding halt

This Assam entrepreneur is taking Sarthebari bell metal products to the world; giving artisans a new identity

This Assam entrepreneur is taking Sarthebari bell metal products to the world; giving artisans a new identity

Bidri: The metal craft creating magic in black and silver for over 500 years

Bidri: The metal craft creating magic in black and silver for over 500 years

Manipur’s Longpi Pottery: Made using stone without the potter’s wheel

Manipur’s Longpi Pottery: Made using stone without the potter’s wheel

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