Children at the chhau workshop. Picture by Hardeep Singh Ranchi, May 25: Another male bastion has been stormed by women. This time it is Chhau, the 200-year-old tribal dance which is performed only by ...

Witnessing these dancers rehearse proves to be a significant part of a trail of sorts, to discover and delve into Chhau — a martial, tribal and folk dance form. In April this year, the Belgadia ...

The Chhau dance of Eastern India — Orissa, Jharkhand, and West Bengal – is a blend of martial traditions, temple rituals, and folk and popular performance of this region. Episodes from the ...

Mask dance festival A traditional troupe performs a "Jinjuogwangdae" mask dance during a mask dance festival in Seoul's Songpa Ward on April 27, 2025. (Yonhap) (END) [We Welcome Your News Tips] We ...

A centre for Chhau dance and research would come up shortly at Chandankiyari about 35 kms from the district headquarter of Bokaro. This research centre (‘Chhau Dance Research Centre’) ...

The “Latouche Road Puja Sangsad Society,” the city’s third-oldest puja committee, established in 1942, is preparing a pandal inspired by the ‘Chhau Dance,’ a semi-classical Indian dance ...