Volume : I, Issue : III, August - 2012

Jhumur Dance In Tea Gardens Of Barak Valley: A Development Dimension

Dr Partha Sarkar

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This paper assesses and compares the effectiveness of folk media as tool of development in communicating messages among illiterate people in the tea gardens of Barak Valley. The Bristishers were responsible for introducing tea in Barak Valley between 1840 and 1850 and today Barak Valley is famous for its world famous tea which is called the Champagne of Tea. The tea industry in Barak Valley provides employment to about 30% of the working population directly and indirectly 40% of the directly employed are woman. This is because right from the beginning women were absorbed since all field jobs such as weeding, sticking, plucking of tea leaves are well handled by women workers. This paper addresses the knowledge, attitude, and practices of tea garden labourers in the tea gardens of Barak Valley with regard Jumour dance as sustainable folk media and its implementation in the tea gardens.

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Dr Partha Sarkar Jhumur Dance In Tea Gardens Of Barak Valley: A Development Dimension International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol.I, Issue.III August 2012


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