Dance can be the simplest and yet, most effective form of communication in human life. In the heart of West Bengal’s Purulia ...

Swapan Majumder (centre) with students at the workshop (left). Sucheta and Swapan(right).Swapan Majumder is an Indian exponent of Chhau dance and his wife Sucheta, a Bangladeshi, is a Kathak artiste.

Chhau dance, with its martial origin and strenuous body movements, was once a strictly-guarded male domain. Now several all-women troupes are all the rage May 14, 2025 e-Paper ...

We performed at three roadshows for BJP in Purulia, Bankura and West Midnapore earlier this week,” said Chinibas Mahato, who runs a Chhau troupe at Sitalpur village, around 25km from Purulia town.

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The roots of chhau come from indigenous forms of dance and martial practices - which are reflected in the movements that mimic martial arts techniques, as well as gaits of birds and animals.

A group of Chhau dancers on Wednesday night staged Balmiki Pratibha, the dance drama by Rabindranath Tagore, through the traditional folk art at Barabazar Rajbari complex in Purulia. Giasuddin Ansari, ...

Not many may have heard of chhau, a folk dance form from the Purulia district in West Bengal, that was also on the UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2010.

Under Uttaradhikar series Gond tribal singing and Purulia Chhau Dance were performed at Madhya Pradesh State Tribal Museum on Sunday. The programme started with 'Gond tribal singing' by Rup Singh ...

Numerous ruined temples dot the entire landscape of the district. Also Purulia has its share of intangible heritage, the famous masked dance of Chhau. In 2010, Chhau was inscribed in the UNESCO’s ...

Farhan Akhtar turned into a desi Avenger avatar at the Kolkata airport as he experimented with Purulia’s famous Chhau dance. Well, he just had to pop his head out in the case, but hey, it’s a ...