The ‘Himalaya World Museum’ has inaugurated on the eve of World Museum Day.
The Himalayan Heritage Research and
Development Society, Bhurung Basti, Central Pandum, Sikkim celebrated World
Museum Day on 18 May, 2018 at Bhuttabari, Bagdogra. The advent of the festival
was marked by inaugurating the Himalaya World Museum at Bhuttabari. Eminent
Lepcha Maestro Padmashree Sonam Tshering Lepcha. Was the chief guest of the
occasion.
On this grand celebration, Bhawaiya
Singer Safikul from Bangladesh left the audiences awestruck with his impeccable
performance. There were several other performances by notable artists like
Pompi Paul (Odissi), Debjaya Sarkar (Kathak), Jayant Barman (Bhawaiya), Susmita
Ghosh (Gaudiya), Purnima Sharma (Nepali Dance), Gopal Gayne (Nepali Song), Amal
Chhetri (Bharatnatyam), Sabyasachi Dutta (Sristi Mime Theatre) and Dhaneswar
Ray (Assamiya folk song). While reading out the message for World Museum Day,
the Founder and Curator of the Museum,
Dr. Om Prakash Bharti explained how
Museums play essential role in the collection and preservation of the diverse
cultural heritage of humanity. This museum will not only display the artefacts
but will also showcase different eras of the journey of tangible and intangible
heritage of the Himalayas. To make it useful for all, it shall even organise
seminars and workshops on essential topics varying from the necessity of
Museums for today’s society to the knowledge on preservation of artefacts as
well as different aspects of Cultural Heritage etc. on frequent intervals.
The Himalaya World Museum can be termed
as a unique International Museum of India, where about 500 artefacts of the
Himalaya regions of India (Kashmir, Laddakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand,
Sikkim, Meghalaya, West Bengal (Darjeeling), Arunachal Pradesh, Assam) and
Bhutan, Nepal, Tibet and other countries has been displayed. Dr. Bharti even
mentioned that the museum shall remain open for the visitors throughout the
week from 10 am to 6 pm every day. The Museum has been initially curate at the
camp office of Bhuttabari, while two acres of land beside Bagdogra Airport has
been acquired for constructing its main building. By 2021, the goal behind the making of this
Museum will be achieved.- HIMALAYA MITRA
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