Bangladesh Folk Arts and Crafts Foundation
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|name = Bangladesh Folk Arts and Crafts Foundation
|native_name =বাংলাদেশ লোক ও কারুশিল্প ফাউন্ডেশন
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|caption = Bangladesh Folk Arts and Crafts Foundation Main gate, Sonargaon, Narayanganj
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|formation = 1975
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|headquarters = Sonargaon, Narayanganj, Bangladesh
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|language = Bengali
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|website = [https://sonargaonmuseum.gov.bd/ Bangladesh Folk Arts and Crafts Foundation]
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Bangladesh Folk Arts and Crafts Foundation is a government foundation that is responsible for the preservation of; and arrange training programmes on arts and crafts, and the setting up of folk art museum in Bangladesh and is located in Sonargaon, Narayanganj, Bangladesh.{{cite web|last1=Nasreen|first1=Zobaida|title=Bangladesh Folk Art and Crafts Foundation|url=http://en.banglapedia.org/index.php?title=Bangladesh_Folk_Art_and_Crafts_Foundation|website=Banglapedia|accessdate=30 October 2016}}{{cite news |title=Jatiya Party MP Khoka's 'men' assault Sonargaon museum officials|url=http://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2016/01/11/jatiya-party-mp-khokas-men-assault-sonargaon-museum-officials|work=bdnews24.com|accessdate=30 October 2016}}
History
File:Sonargaon Folk Art and Craft Museum (31000427270).jpg
The foundation was established in July 1975.{{cite book|last1=Claus|first1=Peter J.|last2=Diamond|first2=Sarah|last3=Mills|first3=Margaret Ann|title=South Asian Folklore: An Encyclopedia : Afghanistan, Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka|year=2003|publisher=Taylor & Francis|isbn=9780415939195|pages=415|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ienxrTPHzzwC&dq=Bangladesh+Folk+Arts+and+Crafts+Foundation&pg=PA415|language=en}} It was amended through the Bangladesh Folk Art and Crafts Foundation Act in parliament. The minister of cultural affairs. It holds a yearly month long fair celebrating folk art.{{cite news |title=Keeping Folk Culture Alive|url=http://www.thedailystar.net/city-in-frame/keeping-folk-culture-alive-213097|work=The Daily Star|accessdate=30 October 2016|date=5 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160226012122/http://www.thedailystar.net/city-in-frame/keeping-folk-culture-alive-213097 |archive-date=26 February 2016 }} It also holds fair every Bengali New Year.{{cite news |title=Bangla New Year programmes|url=https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/04/13/bangla-new-year-programmes1|work=bdnews24.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128024511/https://bdnews24.com/bangladesh/2014/04/13/bangla-new-year-programmes1 |accessdate=30 October 2016|archive-date=28 November 2022 }}
References
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External links
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Category:Organisations based in Narayanganj
Category:Government agencies of Bangladesh
Category:1975 establishments in Bangladesh
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