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VOL. 15 No. 3

heriTage neWs

route to roots: Bhilwara, Raipur, Bilaspur,
national Poster Surguja, Datia, Orchha, Dhar,
Gwalior, Jabalpur, Khandwa,
Competition 2017-18 Shivpuri, Mandla, Gurgaon,
Kurukshetra, Panipat, Ambala,
HECS organises various
national level programmes for Yamunangar, Palwal, Amritsar,
school children that seek to Faridkot, Maler Kotla, Jalandhar,
aid children’s understanding of Patiala, Ahmedabad. Rajpipla,
heritage in a comprehensive Jamnagar, Greater – Mumbai,
yet lucid way. In order to Wai – Panchgani, Chandrapur,
make children aware of their Solapur, Pune, Nashik, Bijapur,
intangible heritage traditions, Belagavi, Gulbarga, Dharwad,
especially in their own family Kolkata, Santiniketan, Sikkim,
and community, the theme Nagaland, Dibrugarh, Mizoram,
of ‘Route to Roots’ was taken Brajbhoomi, Rohilkhand, Orai,
up. The competition required Varanasi, Lalitpur, Meerut,
students to focus on themes like Gorakhpur, Banda, Mahoba,
unique family or community Jammu, Mandi, Kangra,
heritage, they could choose Dehradun, and Andaman and
to highlight any one aspect – Nicobar (Port Blair).
such as customs, rituals, cuisine, The event in Delhi was
costume, indigenous practices, conducted as part of HECS’s
folklore, and family tree. Heritage Week Celebrations on
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The national competition 24 Nov. ‘17. 145 students from
required students from class 53 schools of the city were part
6 to 9, to make a poster and of this event.
supplement it with a 100 word write-up on their chosen HECS received entries in eleven
theme. major regional languages, namely – Hindi, Telugu,
100 INTaCH chapters, all across the country were part Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada, Odia, Punjabi, Gujarati,
of this project. These were: East Godavari, Kadapa, Marathi, Bangla, and Dogri.
Kurnool, Machilipatnam, Anantapur, Guntur, Srikakulam, After a careful examination of the entries received, we
Trivandrum, Calicut, Kasaragod, Warangal, Mahabubnagar, have selected 102 regional winners and 15 national
Chennai, Kodaikanal, Madurai, Salem, Thanjavur, Nilgiris, winners for this competition. all participating students
Coimbatore, Nagercoil, Nagapattinam, Pondicherry, are being awarded a certificate of participation. The
Bhagalpur, Jamshedpur, Hazaribagh, Mayurbhanj, regional winners will be receiving a trophy as well as a
Balasore, Bhadrak, Cuttack, Sonepur, Barmer, Jaipur, certificate commending their efforts.
Udaipur, Karauli, Alwar, Jaisalmer, Jhalwar, Sawai – The 15 national winners will be invited to delhi for a 2
Madhopur,Marwar – Jodhpur, Bikaner, Ajmer, Shekhawati, day educational tour.

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