Blog, Research / ಸಂಶೋಧನಾತ್ಮಕ
By Dr. M. Prabhakara Joshy, [Publisher: Regional Resources Centre for Folk Performing Arts, (RRC) ,1994 : Pages: 180 : Rs.105/-] Yakshagana Padakosha is a descriptive Lexicon of the technical terms of Yakshagana. Though Yakshagana theatre has immensely grown in size...
Editorial / ಸಂಪಾದಕೀಯ, Profile / ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ ಸಂಘಟನೆ
Harady Rama Birth Centenary Volume Published by Ee Maasa Nataka, Bangalore – 560078 Editor: H Sridara Hande, K Mohan; pp 121 + 10. Rs.80/- This volume brought out by Ee Maasa Nataka and Yakshadegula Bangalore, is fitting tribute to the great artist Harady Rama,...
Other Traditional Theatre / ಇತರ ಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕ ಕಲಾಪ್ರಕಾರ
Divatige is a torch that radiates light from a burning wick, fed by any organic oil. It may be fixed at a point or held by hand and moved around to illuminate the immediate surroundings. Naturally its light is soft, dim and fluctuating. Now imagine a situation where...
Other Traditional Theatre / ಇತರ ಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕ ಕಲಾಪ್ರಕಾರ
HE AUSTERE Moghul emperor Aurangazeb spent the last eighteen years of his life (1689 – 1707) quelling the rebel chiefs of South India and the Western Ghats. The sturdiest resistance was from Shivaji, who led the expert guerilla warriors, the Marahtas. The...
Other Traditional Theatre / ಇತರ ಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕ ಕಲಾಪ್ರಕಾರ
NORTH India has two extremes of folk theater: the secular Nautanki and Naqal, and the religious Ramlila and Raslila. Nautanki, an operatic drama, is performed in Uttar Pradesh, Punjab and Rajasthan. The earliest dramas of this form were called sangeets (musicals). One...