Description

For its third edition, the Enduring Traditions grant continues its mission to document and preserve India’s rapidly vanishing art and craft forms, folk traditions, and festivals. Over the decades, many of these practices have been steadily dwindling, and today, several stand on the brink of disappearance. The growing insularity across the subcontinent has further marginalized traditional practices belonging to diverse faiths and communities, while rapid urbanization in rural India is accelerating the erosion of agnostic folk traditions. Rituals and cultural expressions that were once integral to daily life are now fading into memory.

This grant aims to support efforts in documenting these endangered traditions, contributing to the development of a digital archive that safeguards them for future generations. In this edition, two selected grantees will receive a grant of up to INR 3 lakhs each to produce a documentary film, capturing the richness of these art forms and the stories of the communities that sustain them.