MYANMAR MANIPUR CONFERENCE ON THE CONSERVATION OF CULTURAL HERITAGE

10:30 AM - 4:30 PM November 23-25, 2015 Chorus Repertory Theatre Imphal, Manipur

The Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi Foundation

In association with

Department of Tourism Government of Manipur Asian Cultural Council

Artists and scholars from Myanmar and Manipur, and the world over, come together to talk about shared challenges of conserving cultural heritage in the performing and visual arts, architecture and monuments, crafts, literature, and media.

Ballads and Shamanic Performance Frescoes and Sculpture

Pagoda. Monastery and Fort Manuscripts

Literature and Language Crafts and Costumes

Media and Conservation

With International Participants: Prof. Shobhana Chelliah (US) on Old Manipuri Dr. Pyiet Phyo Kyaw (Myanmar) on Bagan Architecture, Sculpture and Frescoes Grace Swe Zin Htaik (Myanmar) on Film, Identity and Cultural Conservation U Thaw Kaung (Myanmar) on Myanmar Manuscripts Dr. Tin Maung Kyi (Myanmar) on Shamanic Performance Francois Tainturier (France) on Shwe Nandaw Monastery Conservation Kathryn Deyell (Australia) on Tangkhul Naga Culture Jessie English and Eric Feigenbaum (US), Documentation.

The conference is open to the public but seating is very limited. There is no pre-announced schedule. Delegates are required to attend all sessions. Prior registration is required. Registration fee is `300. Registration forms are available online. Lunch and refreshments are included. Interpreters will be provided. Register early.

To register, please email ImasiEvents@gmail.com

www.imasi.org www.sangaifestival.gov.in

presents

Centre of Myanmar Studies Manipur University.

and

The Maharaj Kumari Binodini Devi Foundation

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Ratan Thiyam (Manipur), theater director, Chairman of the National School of Drama, New Delhi, and Imasi Foundation Trustee

Mutua Bahadur (Manipur), independent scholar, curator, author of publications on tribal hand-woven fabrics, and Manipuri dress and design, on Manipuri Textiles and Costumes in India, Bangladesh and Myanmar

Prof. Shobhana Chelliah (US),, specialist in endangered languages, of the University of North Texas (Linguistics), and Prof. Yashawanta Chungkham (Linguistics) of Manipur University (Linguistics), on Endangered Old Manipuri

Kathryn Deyell (Australia), international curator and filmmaker based in New York, and Augustine Shimray (New Delhi), performance artist: “Kazeiram”, a film on Loss and Reclamation of Tangkhul Naga Identity

Jessie English, cinematographer, photographer and visual artist, and producer of music videos for Warner Brothers Music; and Eric Feigenbaum (US), filmmaker, musician and rock music producer: Documentation Kyaw Kinn Htin (Singapore), on the links between Rakhine literature of Myanmar and Tripuri literature of NER India.

Dr. Pyiet Phyo Kyaw (Myanmar) of the Archaeology Department, Yangon University, and scholar of the Buddhist architecture, sculptures and frescoes of Bagan, on Bagan Visual Art Works; Mural and Sculptural Remains

Grace Swe Zin Htaik (Myanmar), pioneering artist and activist in the creativity, expression and culture of film, on Cultural Identity and Myanmar Cinema

Imasi Foundation preserves, protects, promotes and develops the artistic, intellectual and cultural legacy of M.K. Binodini Devi.

TRUSTEES Thoudam Debendra Singh Chairman Dr. R.K. Nimai Singh Vice Chairman L. Somi Roy Founder, Managing Trustee Huidrom Anuradha Devi Treasurer M. Mangangsana Executive Member Aribam Syam Sharma Ratan Thiyam Prof. Gangmumei Kamei Dr. Moirangthem Nara Singh Chongtham Kamala Devi Yengkhom Roma Dr. Sheelaramani Chungkham Priti Patel Saratchand Thiyam L. Gourachandra Sharma Salam Rajesh

The Imasi Foundation Kombirei House Hijigang Lane Palace Compound Imphal 795001, Manipur

Ngangom Tejkumar, Legal Counsel

PARTICIPANTS AND TOPICS* M. Mangangsana (Manipur), composer, traditional pena balladeer and founder and artistic director of Laihui Centre for Research on Traditional and Indigenous Performing Arts, on Ballads of the Pena Player

Prof. Wangkhem Nabakumar (Manipur), cultural anthropologist and Dean of the Centre of Myanmar Studies, Manipur University, on Values, Customs and Etiquette of Manipur.

L. Somi Roy (Manipur), curator, film producer and Founder and Managing Trustee of Imasi Foundation, on Inheritance/Heritage, License/Ownership

Kamesh Salam (Assam), founder of World Bamboo Day, UNIDO consultant in Myanmar, on Bamboo Culture in NER of India

R.K. Achoubi Sana (Manipur), scholar, martial artist and performer on Shamanic Performances of the Lai Haraoba

Francois Tainturier (France), heritage preservation specialist at Inya Institute in Yangon, and World Monuments Fund scientific adviser, on Conservation of Shwe Nandaw Monastery

Meiphunglung Thaimei (Manipur), Rongmei ethnomusicologist, on The Ballad of Ganmeirang: From Oral to Text to Digital

*As of October 30, 2015. Alphabetical by last name. Topics indicated may differ from title of presentation or paper. Each session is one hour long. There is no pre-announced program schedule

PROJECT DIRECTOR: L. SOMI ROY PROGRAM MANAGER: M. MANGANGANA GUEST RELATIONS MANAGER: DHANESHWARI DEVI EVENTS COORDINATOR: DEVAJANI SORAISAM