A working seminar on Intangible Cultural Heritage was organised at the National Museum Institute, New Delhi on 4th and 5th of May, 2013. The two cultural regions taken up as a pilot project were Western Uttar Pradesh and Ladakh. Our group represented Western UP.

At the Seminar we showcased our work where we have documented various cultural aspects of North - Western Uttar Pradesh including its language, food, folk music, dress, folk festivals of the region as well as continuing aspects of Mughal and British heritage at Meerut etc. The culture of West UP is as different from the rest of the state as that of Kuch in Gujarat and Darjeeling in West Bengal.

We had five presentations lasting nearly 3 hours –
Presentation 1 – Introduction to the Western UP cultural identity by Dr. Amit Pathak
Presentation 2 – Ancient linkages of the Western UP cultural zone by Dr. K. K. Sharma
Presentation 3 – Some salient aspects of Western UP cultural zone under study by Mr. Amit Rai Jain
Presentation 4 – Mughal and Colonial identities reflected in the culture of Meerut by Mr. Sandeep Rai
Presentation 5 – Cultural aspects of man – bird interaction in Western UP by Dr. Rajat Bhargawa