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Transform - Trondheim Internasjonale Festival
Jagannath Choudhury2018
Banglanatak
Kolkata, West Bengal, India
A renowned Chau performer of Balarampur village in Purulia, Jagannath, and his daughter Mousumi Choudhury, are engaged in a workshop with the school children of Stabbursnoen Skole in Norway. This workshop was part of the Transform - Trondheim Internasjonale Festival tour in Norway. As part of the workshop, these children learned some steps of Chau Dance.
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- Title: Transform - Trondheim Internasjonale Festival
- Creator: Jagannath Choudhury
- Date Created: 2018
- 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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