Seminar on trans border communities from tomorrow

Scholars from seven countries will meet here tomorrow for a three-day seminar to discuss trans border communities and cultures in Asia.
Organised by the Anthropological Survey of India and the Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya (Indira Gandhi National Museum of Man), the scholars will deliberate on the issues that are community-centric rather than object-or performance-centric, director of ASI, K K Misra, said.
"Though most of the present day borders have a clear political connotation, the idea of a frontier as a distinctly identifiable zone is still found to be alive in the collective consciousness of the people ... The smaller trans border culture groups or communities have often been affected at another level," he said.

He said it was important for communities to interact in order to maintain and propagate heritage
"The continent of Asia, with its vastness and the wide diversity of people, culture and polities, offer the chance of examining a wide range of variation in this subject," Misra said.
Bangladesh, Thailand, Nepal, Russia, Vietnam, Germany and India will participate in the event from February 23-25.