Thakurdas Jana[1]
Volume 6, Number 2, 2016 I Full Text PDF
Article DOI: 10.21659/chitro.v6n2.10
Received on July 20, 2016.
Revised on August 20, 2016.
Accepted on August 29, 2016.
Published on August 30, 2016.
Abstract
This paper presents a survey on the educational condition of the Chitrkar community of Naya, West Bengal. Traditionally the Chitarkars are a community of both scroll painters and oral performances, who have been engaged in this profession for many centuries. In the age of popular mass media and more recently after the globalization both the community and their art are facing many challenges. One primary solution is spreading modern education among them. With this objective, a survey was made in order to understand their situation and find out some liable solution so that the artist and their art survive in the future.
Keywords: Patachitra, Naya, higher education, communication.
[1] Thakurdas Jana is a Guest Lecturer in the Department of English, Bhatter College, Dantan. Email: thakurdas0901@gmail.com