It was not without a valid reason that the UNESCO declared Chhau dance as intangible cultural heritage of humanity. Guru Shashadhar Acharya, an expert Chhau teacher, and a Sangeet Natak Akademi ...

The mask depicts the character the dancer is performing ... A brief concept about Seraikella Chhau dance and its masks was also exhibited for the information of the masses. Mannequins of ...

now you need to make your daughter dance too to earn more.” Although removing the mask is a strict no-no in Chhau, Mousumi and the girls had to do that to prove to the audience that they were ...

Chhau, the dance form, defies every label ... in Seraikela, a face mask gives it a softer, otherworldly feel, while in Purulia the folk element is strong. It emerged from the mid-19th century ...

The last time Sumit made a mask for a Chhau dance performance was in 2019. Every year, more than a dozen Chhau festivals are organised at Seraikela. But due to the pandemic, all these have been ...

I was drawn to Chhau by many factors: the inspiration of my late guru Krushna Chandra Naik, Chhau’s socio-mythic background and the lyrical strength of the movement technique. The expansive use ...

Chhau: Chhau is a semi-classical dance with martial and folk traditions of West Bengal, Jharkhand, and Odisha. Kathak: Kathak started from the wandering bards of North India known as Kathakars ...