The Folklore Museum at Mysore India, is a museum which exhibits folk art and crafts from all over the state of Karnataka Mysore   or MaisÅ«ru (Kannada: ಮೈಸೂರು) is the second largest city in the Indian state of Karnataka. ... The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... Karnātakā   (Kannada: ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ) (IPA: ) is one of the four southern states of India. ...

Description

The folklore museum that contains representative collections of art and crafts from allover Karnataka. The museum was founded in 1968. It is located in the University of Mysore in the Manasagangothri campus in the The Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion. Since its foundation the University of Mysore has contributed to study of folklore, and the museum has been developed to its present level by scholars such as P.R. Thippeswamy, Javeregowda and Jeesham Paramashivaiah. P.R. Thippeswamy brought material from all over Karnataka to increase the museum's collection. As a folklore museum it not only showcases items but also elements of music, dance and drama. Karnātakā   (Kannada: ಕನಾ೯ಟಕ) (IPA: ) is one of the four southern states of India. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... University of Mysore is a reputed public university in India. ... Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion is a building 5km west of Mysore city, Karnataka. ...

Exhibits

The museum has a spectacular collection of more than 6,500 unique folklore exhibits. The museum exhibits have been organized in systematic order according to the folk art forms. The gallery is divided into wings for folklore, large dolls, folklife, literature and art.

The folklore section has several valuable collections.

• It has on display the costumes of Yakshagana. It has props and accessories of both Thenka thittu and Badgu Thittu, the northern and southern forms of Yakshagana.
• A rare and valuable Hanuman crown from Kugala Balli village in North Karnataka.
• Costumes of Kathakali from Kerala.
• Costumes of folk dramatists from Andhra Pradesh.
• Masks, puppets, leather dolls, sawdust dolls from various parts of Karnataka, in which regional and historical influences can be perceived.
• Items representing to Soliga community.
• Ink preparation at Dodderi village of Chithradurga about 200 years ago.
• The mantapa, an ornamental wooden altar, used by Jnanapeeta awardee Kuvempu.
• Folk musical instruments include string, percussion and wind instruments. String instruments include kinnari of the Jogis, the choudike and Tamburi of the Tatwa Pada singers, string instrument of the Nilagaras falls. Percussion instruments include birapana dollu, Gondaliga’s sambala, Halakki Gowda’s gummate, chande, and dimmi dammadi, the damaruga of Goravas, and the nagari. Wind instruments include junjappana gane- a three-feet long flute, the kombu, kahale and pungi.
• Collection of figures, representing gods, kings, queens, gods, hermits and soldiers.
• Folk deities, ceremonial headwear, religious objects, village deities like Soma and Bhutha.

The large doll wing has statues and large dolls used in dances which include Soma, Talebhutha, Kaibhutha, Maari, and Gadi Maari. A Yakshagana artist wearing pagaDe, one type of head-wear. ... Hanuman tearing his chest open to reveal that Rama and Sita are literally in his heart In the Hindu faith, Hanuman (Sanskrit: हनुमत् Hanumat; nominative singular हनुमान् Hanumān), known also as Anjaneya, is one of the most important personalities in the epic, the Ramayana. ... Face of a Kathakali artist (Kathi Vesham) Kathakali (Malayalam:കഥകളി , Sanskrit:कथकळि) is a form of Indian dance-drama. ...   (IPA: ; ) is a state on the Malabar Coast of south-western India. ... Andhra Pradesh  : (Telugu: ఆంధ్ర ప్రదేశ్, Urdu: آندھرا پردیش, IPA: ), is a state in South India. ... The Soliga is an individual member of a tribe that inhabit the Biligirirangan and associated hill ranges in Southern Karnataka, mostly in Chamarajanagar District, bordering the Erode district of Tamil Nadu (a neighbouring state). ... An ink is a liquid containing various pigments and/or dyes used for colouring a surface to render an image or text. ... The Famous Chitradurga Fort Chitradurga district (ಚಿತ್ರದುರ್ಗ in Kannada) is an administrative district of Karnataka state in southern India. ... Look up Altar in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... The Jnanpith Award is the highest literary honour conferred in the Republic of India. ... Kuvempu - (ಕುವೆಂಪು) is the pen name of a well-known Kannada writer/poet of the 20th century, Kuppalli Venkatappa Puttappa (29 December 1904 - 1994). ... A string instrument (or stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. ... A percussion instrument can be any object which produces a sound by being struck with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration. ... A wind instrument is a musical instrument that contains some type of resonator (usually a tube), in which a column of air is set into vibration by the player blowing into (or over) a mouthpiece set at the end of the resonator. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Pandura. ... A pungi or been is the musical instrument played by snake charmers. ...

The folklife wing has instruments used by farmers, blacksmiths, goldsmiths, boatmen, fishermen, potters, cobblers and other artisans. It also includes household items like lamps, weapons, agriculture implements, cooking utensils, measures, churns, weaving implements, pots, beads, baskets, items of folk games and clothing. A young woman churning whole milk into butter Churning is the process of shaking up whole milk (or cream) to make butter, and various forms of butter churn have been used for the purpose. ...

Notable Researchers

• P.R. Thippeswamy

References

• Folklore museum, Mysore
• Folklife news letter