To protect, preserve and promote various forms of art and culture throughout the country, the Government of India has set up seven Zonal Cultural Centres (ZCCs) with headquarters at Patiala, Nagpur, Udaipur, Allahabad, Kolkata, Dimapur, and Thanjavur. Out of a number of schemes being implemented by these ZCCs, the Research & Documentation Scheme is to preserve, promote and propagate vanishing visual and performing art forms including folk, tribal and classical in the field of music, dance, theatre, literature, fine arts etc. and the Shilpgram Scheme is for promotion of folk and tribal art and crafts of the zone by organizing seminars, workshops, exhibitions, craft fairs.

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