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The Chhau dance of Mayurbhanj: I

  • Author :Patnaik, D. N.
  • Keywords :Chhau (Dance)
    Folk dancing, Indic
    Mayurbhanj dance
  • Issue Date :1997
  • Publisher :Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
  • Description :Chhau dance is prevalent in a contiguous tribal beli of Orissa (Mayurbhanj), Bihar (Seraikella) and West Bengal (Purulia) in three distinctive styles. In Mayurbhnaj this dance had developed into an art of great sophistication and expressiveness through years of cultivation under royal patronage. In Mayurbhanj the interpretation is that Chhau derives from Chhauni (Military camp) because the dance is related to matrial arts which were practiced in military camp. Young boys demonstrate their art in Chhau dance in occasion of Chaitra Parva. Dibakar Bhanj Babu a Chhau guru who published a report on the Chhau dance of Mayurbhanj in Bhanja Pradeep and gives us a great deal of useful information on the growth and development of Chhau at Mayurbhanj. He writes that during the rule of Maharaja Krishna Chandra Bhajna one Ramhari jeet Bebarta went to Serikella where he chanced to see Chhau dance. The Chhau dance in Mayurbhanj associated with the religious culture of Orissa and practiced mainly by low-caste Hindu and Hinduized tribes. This cult also assimilated the rituals of tribal communities to expand its base. This dance are therefore a symthesis of various belief systems prevalent in the region.
  • Source :Sangeet Natak Akademi
  • Type :Article
  • Received From :Sangeet Natak Akademi
DC Field Value
dc.contributor.author Patnaik, D. N.
dc.coverage.spatial Orissa (Mayurbhanj)
dc.date.accessioned 2017-07-10T01:42:40Z
dc.date.available 2017-07-10T01:42:40Z
dc.date.issued 1997
dc.description.abstract Chhau dance is prevalent in a contiguous tribal beli of Orissa (Mayurbhanj), Bihar (Seraikella) and West Bengal (Purulia) in three distinctive styles. In Mayurbhnaj this dance had developed into an art of great sophistication and expressiveness through years of cultivation under royal patronage. In Mayurbhanj the interpretation is that Chhau derives from Chhauni (Military camp) because the dance is related to matrial arts which were practiced in military camp. Young boys demonstrate their art in Chhau dance in occasion of Chaitra Parva. Dibakar Bhanj Babu a Chhau guru who published a report on the Chhau dance of Mayurbhanj in Bhanja Pradeep and gives us a great deal of useful information on the growth and development of Chhau at Mayurbhanj. He writes that during the rule of Maharaja Krishna Chandra Bhajna one Ramhari jeet Bebarta went to Serikella where he chanced to see Chhau dance. The Chhau dance in Mayurbhanj associated with the religious culture of Orissa and practiced mainly by low-caste Hindu and Hinduized tribes. This cult also assimilated the rituals of tribal communities to expand its base. This dance are therefore a symthesis of various belief systems prevalent in the region.
dc.source Sangeet Natak Akademi
dc.format.extent 19-30 p.
dc.format.mimetype application/pdf
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3864
dc.language.iso en
dc.publisher Sangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi
dc.subject Chhau (Dance)
Folk dancing, Indic
Mayurbhanj dance
dc.type Article
dc.identifier.issuenumber 125-126
dc.format.medium text

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