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Bengal’s Chau mask acquires GI
June 4 , 2018
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- The Chau mask of Purulia, the wooden mask of Kushmandi, the Patachitra, the Dokras of Bengal, and Madhurkathi (a kind of mat) have been presented with the Geographical Indication (GI) tag by the Geographical Indication Registry and Intellectual Property India.
- During 2017-18, The Registrar of Geographical Indications awarded GI tags to 25 products, of which nine were from West Bengal.
- While 500 families were involved in the making of large and colorful Chau masks used in the Chau dance, around 200 families in Kushmandi make the wooden masks used for the Mukha dance.
- In Paschim Medinipur, a few hundred families in Pingla village make the beautifully painted scrolls called Patachitra, and 3,000 families in two districts were into making Madurkathi.
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