Other Traditional Theatre / ಇತರ ಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕ ಕಲಾಪ್ರಕಾರ, Profile / ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿ ಸಂಘಟನೆ
Balwant Gargi searching for his material on Indian folk theatre traveled widely to villages, shrines, and country fairs all over India, interviewed over 400 actors and dancers, took over 5000 photographs. Of these, 62 were selected to illustrate this most unusual...
Other Traditional Theatre / ಇತರ ಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕ ಕಲಾಪ್ರಕಾರ
THE FOLK theater is impolite, rude, vulgar. It shocks prudes. The secular forms – Tamasha, Nautanki and Naqal – dominating the northern and western parts of India are replete with sexual jokes. It is considered improper for women to watch these plays. In...
Other Traditional Theatre / ಇತರ ಸಾಂಪ್ರದಾಯಿಕ ಕಲಾಪ್ರಕಾರ
A JATRA actor can be recognized by the way he stands – a tilted tower. He does not held himself back but throws his weight forward. Passionate, charged with energy, he explodes into fiery dialogue. He moves like a tornado in the small arena. In spite of...
