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| | #REDIRECT [[Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre]] |
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| {{Infobox organization
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| | name = East Zone Cultural Centre
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| | formation = 1986-7
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| | type = Zonal Cultural Centre
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| | purpose = Education, preservation and promotion of arts and culture
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| | location = [[Kolkata]], [[West Bengal]], [[India]]
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| | website = {{URL|www.ezcc-india.com}}
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| The '''East Zone Cultural Centre''' has its headquarters in Sector III, IB 201, IB Block, [[Bidhannagar, Kolkata|Salt Lake City]], [[Kolkata]], which is also known as the ''Cultural Capital of India''<ref>{{cite news|last=Pielou|first=Adrianne|title=India: Calcutta, the capital of culture|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/travel/1245/india-calcutta-the-capital-of-culture.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131116230616/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/luxury/travel/1245/india-calcutta-the-capital-of-culture.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 November 2013|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=4 March 2011}}</ref> and most commonly '''City of Joy''' is situated in the Indian state of [[West Bengal]].It is one of the seven Zones established in [[India]].The Indian states which are under the Eastern Cultural Zone are [[West Bengal]], [[Jharkhand]], [[Bihar]], [[Odisha]], [[Assam]], [[Tripura]], [[Manipur]], [[Sikkim]], [[Andaman & Nicobar Islands]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ezccindia.org/ |title=Eastern Zonal Cultural Centre}}</ref> This zone is home to three classical dance [[Odissi]], [[Sattriya]] and [[Manipuri dance]]. Classical music [[Odissi music]] and semi-classical music [[Rabindra Sangeet]].
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| | caption1 = [[Rabindranath Tagore]] is Asia's first [[Nobel laureate]] and composer of [[Jana Gana Mana|India's national anthem]]
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| | caption2 = [[Swami Vivekananda]] was a key figure in introducing [[Vedanta]] and [[Yoga]] in Europe and USA,<ref name="Feuerstein">{{cite book
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| [[Image:Pung cholom performer, Manipur.jpg|right|250px|thumb|A traditional, Pung cholom performer.]]
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| [[File:Odissi Performance DS.jpg|thumb|upright|200px|right|Odissi performer]]
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| [[File:Manipuri performer in an evocative pose.jpg|thumb|A Manipuri performer strikes an evocative pose.]]
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| == History ==
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| The EZCC has been functioning from 1985 and playing a significant role promote the numerous ethnic cultural centres and groups of excellence of the eastern parts of the India. And the objective of EZCC is projection and dissemination of eastern part of India's traditional culture.
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| == Composition ==
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| The members of the EZCC are 1. Cultural Affairs Deptt. Govt. of Assam, 2. Director, Arts, Culture & Youth Affairs Deptt. Government of Bihar, 3. Director, Department of Art, Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs, Govt. of Jharkhand, 4. Commissioner (Art & Culture), Govt. Manipur, 5. Director Culture, Govt. of Odisha, 6. OSD, Cultural Affairs & Heritage Deptt. Govt. Sikkim, 6. Secretary & Director, ICAT, Govt. of Tripura, 7. Joint Secretary & Ex-Officio, Director of Culture, Govt. West Bengal and Director and 8. Department of Art and Culture, ANDAMAN & NICOBAR ISLANDS Administration.
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| == Schemes ==
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| There are various schemes sponsored by The Ministry of Culture, Government of India gives grants to the Zonal Cultural Centers. These schemes are National Cultural Exchange Programme, Theatre rejuvenation scheme, North East Programme, Guru Shishya Parampara and young talent search.
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| To promote the culture in youth there are many competition organise by EZCC in following fields :
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| * Folk Music
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| * Folk Dance
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| * Classical Music
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| * Classical Dance
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| To preserve this Indian tradition, the EZCC organises various Guru Shishya Parampara schemes, which include:
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| * [[Gotipua]] Dance (Odisha)
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| * Purulia Chhau Dance (West Bengal)
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| * Paika / [[Paika akhada]] a War Dancs from (Odisha)
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| * Nauta (West Bengal)
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| * Bordoishilka (Assam)
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| * [[Thang-Ta]] Dance (Manipur)
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| * [[Bhatiali]] Folk Songs (West Bengal)
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| * Kushan Dance (Assam)
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| * [[Pung cholom]] (Manipur)
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| * [[Maruni]] (Sikkim)
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| {{see also|Group theatre of Kolkata}}
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| [[File:Sudrak - Painting & Sculpture Exhibition - Kolkata 2012-10-03 0544.JPG|thumb|upright|200px|An exhibition of painting and sculpture is going on at the Academy of Fine Arts, in the city of joy [[Kolkata]].]]
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| [[File:Evening on Tagore - Kolkata 2011-05-09 3264.JPG|thumb|upright|200px|The [[Mohiniyattam]] is being performed to commemorate of 150th birth anniversary of Tagore. It was an Indo-Bangladesh joint celebration in 2011 in [[Kolkata]].]]
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| West Bengal's capital [[Kolkata]] is the largest city of this region. The states of [[Odisha]] and [[West Bengal]] share a lot cultural and linguistic characteristics with [[Bangladesh]] and with the state of [[Assam]]. Together with Bangladesh, [[West Bengal]] forms the ethno-linguistic region of [[Bengal]], which was also a [[Partition of India|unified administrative region]] until 1947.
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| [[Odissi]] dance is the oldest survive classical dance, [[Pattachitra]] the most influential ancient classical painting, classical Odishian unique ancient architecture [[Kalinga architecture]] like Konark, Lingraja, lalitgiri etc. [[Odia language|Odia]] is the only modern Indo-Aryan language accorded the status of a [[Classical Language in India]], and [[Odissi music]] is claimed to be the classical Music among Karnatik and Hindustani Music.
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| ==Other Regional Cultural Centres of India==
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| * [[North Zone Culture Centre]], [[Patiala]], [[Punjab, India|Punjab]]
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| * [[West Zone Cultural Centre]] [[Udaipur]], Rajasthan
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| * [[North East Zone Cultural Centre]], [[Dimapur]], Nagaland
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| The [[Cultural Zones of India]] are seven overlapping zones defined by the [[Ministry of Culture (India)|Ministry of Culture]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://indiaculture.nic.in/indiaculture/index.asp|title=Zonal Cultural Centres|publisher=[[Ministry of Culture (India)|Ministry of Culture]]|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110808091005/http://www.indiaculture.nic.in/indiaculture/index.asp|archivedate=8 August 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> of the [[Government of India]] to promote and preserve the [[cultural heritage]] of various regions of [[India]].<ref name="wzccsite">{{Citation | title=West Zone Culture Centre | publisher=West Zone Culture Centre | accessdate=15 December 2010 | url=http://www.wzccindia.com/ | quote=''... West Zone Cultural Centre (WZCC) with its headquarters at Udaipur is one of the seven Zonal Cultural Centres set up during 1986–87, under the direct initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Govt. of India ...''}}</ref>
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| ●[[South Zone Cultural Centre]]
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| == References ==
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| {{West Bengal topics}}
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| {{Kolkata topics}}
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| {{Tourist attractions in Kolkata}}
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| {{Odisha}}
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| {{Oriya culture}}
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| {{Cultural Zones of India}}
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| [[Category:Culture of Kolkata]]
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| [[Category:Bengali culture| ]]
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| [[Category:History of Kolkata]]
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| [[Category:History of Bengal]]
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| [[Category:1986 establishments in West Bengal]]
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| [[Category:Cultural centres in India]]
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| [[Category:Cultural organisations based in India]]
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| [[Category:Arts organizations established in 1986]]
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