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Chau Performance in Kolkata
Dhananjay Mahato2015
Banglanatak
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
A Chau artist performing 'Ganesh Bandana' for an urban audience in Kolkata at the Heritage Week Celebration in 2015, against the mighty backdrop of Victoria Memorial. One can see the Chau musicians playing their traditional percussion instruments, Dhol and Dhamsa.
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- Title: Chau Performance in Kolkata
- Creator: Dhananjay Mahato
- Date Created: 2015
- Location: Purulia
- Subject Keywords: Chau, Dance, Tribal, Purulia, Artists, Bengal, Festival, Mask Dance, Masks, UNESCO, ICH
- Rights: Banglanatak.com
- About the craft: Chau is an acrobatic mask dance form from Purulia district of West Bengal. Colourful masks, rhythmic drum beats, powerful acrobatic movements and somersaults are characteristics of the Purulia Chau. The traditional dance is performed at open spaces at the rhythm of various kinds of traditional musical instruments that include Dhol, Dhamsa, Charchari, Tikra and Nagara, Mahuri, Sanai and Flute. The stories are traditionally based on mythological tales. The dancers wear colourful masks representing particular gods, goddesses, demons, monsters and various animals such as lion, tiger, bear, monkey, etc. Chau Dance features on the UNESCO Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) of Humanity.
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