User:Pawan Kapoor CCF

Over the centuries, there has been a significant fusion of cultures between Buddhists, Hindus, Muslims, Jains, Sikhs and various tribal populations in India. India is the birthplace of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, and other religions. They are collectively known as Indian religions.

Folk Dances is an integral part of Indian Culture, reflecting the Traditions and Heritage values of one region. India is land of culture no doubt since generations, many folk dances are now world famous and inscribed in UNESCO list of Heritage. Accredited by UNESCO.

Festivals and fairs are important part of life, reflecting the tradition and its changes from time to time , to society.

In simple words Festivals may be understood by this way "A festival is a gathering of people to celebrate something. It can also refer to a particular day or group of days when people in a country have a holiday so that they can celebrate something. Festivals may be religious festivals. They may also be events which feature music, dancing, poetry, movies, etc."

International festivals are organised in India at various states and one of the important and old festival dedicated to folk dances are being organised by Charu Castle Foundation.

Pawan Kapoor (PK) from Gzb (Uttar Pradesh) son of Mr.Kapoor who is an (President Awardee ,Educationist / Fine Artist and Culture promoter, Chairman of Charu Castle Foundation (CCF)) is an Culture Specialist, Festival Organiser, General Secretary of CCF and National President for CIOFF(R) India (Official Partner for UNESCO). CIOFF® is an Official Partner of UNESCO, accredited to the UNESCO ICH Committee. Created in 1970, the duty of CIOFF® is safeguarding, promotion and diffusion of traditional culture and folklore.

" Folk festivals are generally used to celebrate folk music and traditional folk crafts, and some folk festivals are embodied in the form of dance and art. Some festivals are used to celebrate the harvest of crops or to gather people to watch performances and enjoy music, dance and folk culture on a specific day."

PK,who is working since last 20 years in the field of Culture and Arts, organised numerous festivals in India, focused on Culture with the Involvement of Youths, Females,Artistes, Artists( Painters), Students, Musicians, Choreographers and others. The Main focus of his work is development of Culture, reaching new audiences and giving platform to the Cultural Groups,Artistes and regular involvement of Education system into culture.

His ideology of work says "Arts and Culture Knows No Boundaries".he further added

"Festivals are an expressive way to celebrate glorious heritage, culture and traditions. They are meant to rejoice special moments and emotions in our lives with our loved ones. They play an important role to add structure to our social lives, and connect us with our families and backgrounds."

Till 2020, he organised number of festivals dedicated to Culture in many States of India and Abroad. Due to His contribution and dedicated work in the Charu Castle Foundation ,The UNESCO New Delhi Office gave a appreciation letter to the Foundation for their work in the field of Culture and with the Involvement of youths specially Females.

His Another achievement came when the Limca Book of Records, listed the two records of Charu Castle Foundation in the Book of Limca Book of Records in 2014.

Religious festivald and other festivals dedicated to Culture plays and important role in education the youths and future generations Indian festivals are important cultural signifies that play a prominent role in delineating the main heritage of the country. Durga puja, Dusshera, Eid, Diwali, Lakshmi Puja, The Gudi Parwa and Christmas are all festivals that celebrate all cultures in a secular nation."

We learn a lot from our ancestors and its valuable teaching we cant find that in books.

Creating New festivals (Social) take him to various states, Global Folk dance Festival in Punjab organised at LPU, Gaiety Theater Shimla , Kullu (Himachal Pradesh ) Gujarat Outside India Thailand,New Delhi (Capital of India). Consistency in work, bring him close to many Culture experts from South Asian countries. like Thailand, Srilanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, Indonesia.Russia, Egypt

With a big focus on long distance collaborations ,Creating new festivals and promotion of Culture before new audiences. because of that he had traveled to many nations in Asian and European Countries under the name of CCF and CIOFF(R) INDIA giving opportunities to groups and individuals to highlight the India's Rich Culture at International Platform.His work is applauded and appreciated by the many Artistes and Bureaucrats and Politicians from State and Center. He is also Honoured on various occasions by many Vips', He also did judgement to many Folklore festivals.

CIOFF(R) gave a big responsibility to Mr. Pawan and Appointed him as National Representative of CIOFF(R) INDIA. His work is widely published by the Many News papers /Magazines and Websites. Recent Article published on UNESCO website ,"Impact on the arts and culture sector in India"] creative in working did many projects like Creating Quiz named as "Know more about CIOFF(R), AND Photo Exhibition on National and International Folk Dances of India and Abroad.

Big Mission to Establish "Charu Castle International Dolls Museum", Hope the dream come soon.

Learned a lot from the Family and His Father Kapur V Bhan, Mr. Kapoor who established this Charu Castle Foundation in the memory of his daughter Km. Charu Kapoor, who died at very young age of 20 years, A fine art student from College of Arts and Art-Culture lover.