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Kali in Bohurupi Dance
Artist from Purulia2019
Banglanatak
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
A rustic performing art of Bengal, Bohurupi involves theatrial acts of various mythological and religious characters by the artists. An essential feature of Bohurupi artform is the disguise of the artist in another persona during enactments. They wander from place to place to perform and entertain audiences.
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- Title: Kali in Bohurupi Dance
- Creator: Artist from Purulia
- Date Created: 2019
- Location: Purulia
- Rights: Banglanatak.com
- About the craft: Bohurupi is a folk art form of Bengal, practised by the Bedia community. ‘Bohu’ means many and ‘rupi’ means forms. Bohurupis are actors who put up rustic dramatic performances through skits and mimicry based on mythological and religious characters such as Kali, Durga, Shiva and others. Nomadic in nature, they perform acts by adorning themselves with masks, jewellery, wigs, makeup, and are known for being masters of disguise. Though it had been a very popular and entertaning perorming art of rural Bengal, having a distinct cultural identity, this artform is now dying.
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