3. General objects of the Corporation

The general objects for which the Corporation is constituted are hereby declared to be—

to contribute in different ways with a view to bequeathing, drumming and dancing which are our traditional cultural legacies to the future generation;

to maintain the Ranaga Institute of Art at a high standard as a Faculty of Arts and Crafts;

to formulate a five year full time non-paying course for pupils of the traditional Dancing and Drumming

to encourage the safeguarding of Dancing and Drumming and to implement programmes connected thereto;

to foster and protect our cultural heritage;

to make traditional arts attractive to the youth by the enrichment of the traditional drumming and dancing through new trends;

to initiate national and regional level programmes with the participation of the youth for the protection of the traditional system of arts;

to participate actively in the religious, cultural and social activities within and outside the country;

to give students the opportunity practicipating in various cultural programmes;

to give students the necessary financial strength to become successfull enterprenures at the end of their courses;

to implement a special social insurance project for the upliftment of the living standards of the traditional Artists and the fostering of retired artists; and

to print, publish and distribute books, journals, leaflets, newspapers and magazines which the