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Lahaul valley is one of the tribal belts of Himachal Pradesh situated at an elevation between 2100 m and 4600 m, amongst high rugged mountains covered with massive snow and glaciers as high as 6400 m above sea level. This area is inhabited by tribal people popularly known as ‘Lahauls’. The area has diverse cultural history and intermixed cultural mileus of adjoining areas. As a results the difference in language, art, culture ...
A Contribution to the current debate on the status of historiography of North East India, this book presents a detailed discussion and also a critique of the mainstream history writing in the region. By critically discussing the major contemporary approaches and scrutinizing the most famous historians of North East India, it makes a significant contribution to the study of history. The book is an essential reading for teachers, students and researchers of History ...
Music in various folk art forms play an important role in the life of people. It provides the best medium to express their feelings and emotions through these folk art forms. Folklore study comprises of music, songs, dances, dramas, art forms, ballads and musical instruments used for accompanying these folk art forms. The cultural diversity, the staggering multiplicity of races, the linguistic and ethnic groups, religious and social organizations, ...
Aesthetic is that branch of knowledge which deals with the historically determined essence of human values, their creation, appreciation and assimilation. It is a philosophical science concerned with the most general principles of aesthetic cognition of the world through any human activity, especially art and music, which formulates, confirms and perfects the results of this cognition according to the laws of nature. The impact of aesthetics is so pronounced that ...
This is the third volume in the three Volume series on society and economy in North-East India. The first volume covered the pre-colonial period up to the 13 century and the second volume brought the studies to the18 century. This third volume focuses on the social and economic developments in North-East India in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The contributions to this volume have covered a wide range of subjects in the context of society and economy in ...