DOCUMENTATION

Documentation has been one of the major activities of the Centre to identify, conserve and document various arts and craft forms of the region, especially those which are dying and vanishing. The major arts and craft forms and traditions of the zone along with their practitioners are identified and documented from time to time. The Centre is also undertaking documentation work in the form of still photography, videos, etc. Details pertaining to the various arts, crafts, folk forms, folk paintings, economic status of artists, fairs and festivals, temples, churches, museums, etc. have been documented.

NZCC has produced nearly 219 documentary films on major fairs and festivals, crafts fairs, folk art forms, folk instruments, great masters, museums, temples, art galleries etc. (list attached). The Centre worked with a number of anthropologists, musicologists and professionals from other areas to produce these well-researched films.

Three documentary films – Bazi & Bazigar (Punjab); and Jangam Gayan (social practices, rituals and festive events) of Haryana by Prof. Surjeet Singh Lee, Former Professor & Head, Department of Anthropological Linguistics and Punjabi Language, Punjabi University, Patiala; and Bhand Pather (Jammu & Kashmir) by Dr. Farooq Fayaz, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Kashmir, Srinagar (J&K) were sponsored by NZCC with the objective of having these art forms included in UNESCO’s representative list of intangible cultural heritage (ICH). 

PUBLICATIONS:
The following publications on various aspects of the culture of the Zone have been produced by scholars in vernacular language- 

LIST OF PUBLICATIONS BY NZCC 

S.NO.	NAME OF THE BOOK	NAME OF THE AUTHOR
1.	Chikitsa Ke Adi Sarot Veda	Dr. D.D. Bhatti
2.	Uttar Bharat Ke Sant	Dr. Hukum Chand Rajpal
3.	Uttar Bharat Ke Lok Nritya	Prof. Mohan Maitray
4.	Meri Dharti Mere Geet	Sh. Partap Chand Sharma
5.	Uttar Bharat Ke Lok Parv	Dr. Navratan Kapoor
6.	Sanskriti Ke Stambh	Dr. Puran Chand Sharma
7.	Rajasthan Ke Lok Natya – Khayal	Dr. Simmi Mittu
8.	Folk Dances of the North	Prof. Raj Pal Singh     * and Dr. I.S. Dhillon
9.	Flavours of India	An NZCC compilation
10.	Sculptures Kalagram – Booklet	An NZCC compilation
11.	Lok Sanskriti Evam Sahitya Drigdarshan	Prof. Mohan Maitray
12.	Patiala – Sanskritik Virasat	Prof. Mohan Maitray
13.	Kurukshetra Bhu – Bhag Ke Bhiti Chitar	Prof. S.K. Khushwaha
14.	Mahare Mele Thele	Sh. Sumer Chand
15.	A booklet on Guru Shishya Parampara (Master to Pupil Tradition)	Prof. Surjeet Singh Lee
16.	Himachal Pradesh Ki Sanskritik Sampada	Sh. Sudarshan Vashishtha
17.	‘Tahli Wala Khet’	Sh. Gurcharan Singh ‘Pabarali’
18.	‘Uttar Bharat Ke Lok Vadyon Ka Lok Nrityon Mein Prayogyatmak Swaroop’	Dr. Rekha Sharma

 

Click here for NZCC – List of documentary films