bhubaneswar a folk and tribal art museum was opened on saturday at barkul near chilika 100 km from here to promote rural art culture and literature of the state tourists visiting chilika lake can have a look at the museum and spent a quality time therechief minister naveen patnaik inaugurated the purvasha folk and tribal art museum through videoconferencing from the secretariat here he said the museum will play a significant role in promoting protecting and projecting states great cultural heritage at a global platformthe museum is an important part of the odiart centre established on a sprawling five acres of land at barkul around 200 metres from panthanivas it is developed by society for development of rural literature a nonprofit cultural society the union culture department has sanctioned rs 3 crore for infrastructure development of the centre while the state government has provided a fund of rs 50 lakh to install artifacts and arts in the museumnaveen also launched the website of the centre i hope the museum will evolve as a vibrant centre of cultural activities and tourist destination he addedthe museum has 16 galleries it has different type of folk and tribal artifacts and handicrafts like masks brass works wooden crafts stone craving and bamboo arts horn arts and pattachitra the centre has an amphitheatre where audience can enjoy live performance of folk music and dance it has also a research and documentation centre to conduct research on rural art culture and literaturewe will also try to showcase the local cultures and stories of the nearby villages surrounded by fishermen of chilika popular food will be served to the tourists as part of the promotion of local cuisines said swadesh sundar patnaik chairman of reception committee of the odiart centre he said a sevenday carnival shelldock folk festival will begin from sunday folk artists from northeast northern and southern part of the country will perform in the festival it will be a regular affair from the next year he addedwe have set up this centre by keeping the tourists inflow in mind we can attract the tourists and researcher and help them to spend quality time here they can get an extra destination during their chilika trip and we can promote our art culture and heritage said patnaik