Ariyapala & Sons’ passing through their fifth generation of carving traditional masks and dancing is a non-profit organization which works with the mask making community in Ambalagoda. Ambalangoda is a very popular cultural centre in the southern coastal region of Srilanka and is well known for traditional mask carving and mask dancing. It was named after ‘Ariyapala Wijesuriya Gurunnanse’, one of the greatest master craftsmen in Sri Lanka. The organisational building includes a well developed museum, a workshop and a well decorated product display shop with various types of traditional masks. The museum is designed to introduce into the richness of the mask tradition of Ambalangoda and to strengthen cultural heritage. This museum also has a small library containing all available anthropological literature on mask performances to serve as a centre for traditional arts & crafts and for research as well.

The Tharu Cultural Museum and Research Center is founded on the idea of preservation and promotion of indigenous cultural heritage, particularly that of the Tharu as one of Nepal’s largest and most marginalized ethnic groups. The organization is working on the preservation of Tharu culture and arts and community development through museum collections. In addition, they are conducting research on Tharu tradition, literature, arts, legendary stories, songs, festivals, rituals, as well as their indigenous knowledge, technology, and skills.

This organisation represents the traditional Gandharba music community, a community of occupational caste musicians, functioned as the sole organised means of information and entertainment for the numerous isolated communities across the mountains of Nepal. The Gandharba Cultural Art Organisation (GCAO) is a non-profit social organisation based in Kathmandu, Nepal. Since 1995, GCAO has endeavoured to keep the Gandharba traditions alive, and to improve their economic and educational status. They have plans of documenting the tradition as well as promoting it as they feel it is endangered. The GCAO represents the Gandharba in many rural districts of Nepal, such as Gorkha, Lamjung, Tanhun, Chitwan, Dhading, Palpa, Bhojpur, Dhang and Kaski, and is currently reaching out to incorporate further districts where Gandharba communities reside.