Welcome to Folk & Tribal Cultural Centre

History of the organisation

Folk and Tribal Cultural Centre plays a vital role in the development, balanced growth and the upliftment of the cultural tradition of the nation. The Information and Cultural Affairs Department of West Bengal Government established the “Lokosanskriti Parshad” as a primary setup for the vast and varied work on the different aspects of folk and tribal culture. Due to the vast expansion of the work on folk culture...

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Mission & Vision

  •  The Folk and Tribal Cultural Centre under the aegis of the Government of West Bengal has engaged itself since 1979 in ceaseless pursuit to create a disciplined perspective where co-ordination between the folk and tribal performing artists-artisans and the folk and tribal cultural researchers may be achieved and also the standard of those arts and artists may be escalated to a desirable height.
  •  It is imperative that the area of study and development of folk and tribal culture of West Bengal should be expanded not only for its survival and preservation but also for fighting against the menace of invasion by commercial and decadent culture. The traits of this indigenous culture lie in its naivety, liveliness, social content, life-base, secularity and robustness.

Awards

Publication

Events

FTCC organizes folk-related different programs throughout the year. They have planned the following events in 2023-24:

Sahitya Utsav and Little Magazine Mela

  • 5-9 April 2025
  • Ektara Mukto Mancha, Rabindra Sadan Premises, Kolkata

Bangla Divas

  • 15 April 2025
  • Ektara Mukto Mancha, Rabindra Sadan Premises, Kolkata
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Celebration of Sadhu Ramchand Murmu’s Birthday

  • 30 April 2025
  • Binpur Block No 2 in Kamarbandi village of Jhargram
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Annual Awards Prog. on Bangla Divas

  • 15 April 2025
  • Rabindra Sadan Auditorium
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Folk Forms