Saturday, March 10, 2012

TRADITIONAL ART/MUSICAL FESTIVALS: NEW BUSSINESS VENTURE FOR MARKET ENTREPRENEURS

TRADITIONAL ARTS ARE COMMUNITY ORIENTED AND ITS PRACTICES ARE COMMUNITY BASED. TRADITIONAL ARTS ARE NOT MERE PERFORMANCES AS WE PERCEIVED IN MODERN CONTEXT.

ITS A SOCIO-CULTURAL EVENT OF A COMMUNITY AND A PROCESS FOR A PERIOD OF TIME CONNECTED WITH SEASONS AND RITUALS. IT CONTAINS THE HERITAGE OF THE COMMUNITY AND TRANSMITS KNOWLEDGE AND SKILL FOR GENERATIONS. ITS SIMPLY NOT A MATTER OF GROUP OF PEOPLE PERFORMING TO AUDIENCE.

THE PRESERVERS AND PROMOTERS OF TRADITIONAL ART HAS TO UNLEARN OR RELEARN IN ORDER TO LEARN THE REALITY OF TRADITIONAL ARTS AND CULTURE OF THE PEOPLE.

MANUFACTURING TRADITIONAL ARTS FOR  MARKET IS AN ACT OF DISPLACING COMMUNITIES CULTURALLY.