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SHERGAON, 14 Oct:<\/strong> Traditional wooden masks of the Sherdukpen community were showcased during the recently concluded three-day Conservation Partners’ Meet in New Delhi.<\/p>\n The masks were made by Sang Wangdi Thungon and Ledo Thungon.<\/p>\n Shergaon (West Kameng)-based NGO Garung Thuk deputy chairman Dorjee K Thungon said that the exhibition was part of the ongoing effort to revive the wooden mask-making of the Sherdukpen community, and that he was proud of the newly trained artisans. The NGO, along with like-minded organisations, has been trying to revive this dying art for the past three years.<\/p>\n The exhibition also included Mon Sugu (traditional handmade paper-making) of the Monpa tribe, and their exhibition highlighted how these traditional art forms are deeply interwoven with nature conservation, local ecology, and cultural identity.<\/p>\n For the first time, indigenous paper-making and mask-making crafts were showcased at such a global event, drawing significant attention from visitors and conservationists alike.<\/p>\n The display showcased craftsmanship, sustainable practices, and the communities’ efforts in preserving their ancestral knowledge while contributing to environmental preservation.<\/p>\n The event – organized by the Wildlife Trust of India in collaboration with the Global Wildlife Fair – which concluded last Saturday, brought together organizations, experts, and communities from across the world to discuss the future of wildlife conservation and sustainable ecotourism.<\/p>\n Among the notable participants was the Vanwasi Aadiwasi Foundation, alongside Garung Thuk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SHERGAON, 14 Oct: Traditional wooden masks of the Sherdukpen community were showcased during the recently concluded three-day Conservation Partners’ Meet in New Delhi. The masks were made by Sang Wangdi Thungon and Ledo Thungon. Shergaon (West Kameng)-based NGO Garung Thuk deputy chairman Dorjee K Thungon said that the exhibition was part of the ongoing effort […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":272251,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-272238","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=272238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/272238\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/272251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=272238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=272238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=272238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}