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Paramparih Natya Samaroh Festival of Traditional Theatres of India 28 March - 11 April, 2003 Assam . Nagaland . Meghalaya . Manipur . Arunachal Pradesh Traditional theatre forms, though varied linguistically, are characterized by several features which they share in common. If they happen to display a wide variety of presentational styles, they also possess important narrative and contextual similarities, a high level ofstylization and ritualized performance traditions. Epics, the Puranas, the regional folk-tales and ballads, form
a common thread. All the varied traditions seem to have an inbuilt mechanism of acceptance of change, of modification and dynamism, within a well-defined system of unity in their artistic vision. This also results in continuity despite the changes through the centuries. Sangeet Natak Akademi has planned an important series of festivals of traditional theatres of India to be presented in the north-eastern States including Sikkim. More than 25 important forms of traditional and folk theatre from different States will be featured together with traditional forms of the respective States of the North-East. These will include such well-known
traditions as Tamasha of Maharashtra, Bhavai of Gujarat, Yakshagana ofKarnataka, Therukoothu of Tamil Nadu, Nautanki of Uttar Pradesh, Prahlad Natak of Orissa, and so on. Together with performances, there will be lecture-demonstrations and interaction sessions
with local theatre workers and scholars. The first phase of the festivals in the series will be held at Guwahati, Dibrugarh, Tezpur (Assam), Dimapur (Nagaland), Imphal (Manipur), Shillong (Meghalaya), and Itanagar (Arunachal Pradesh). We do hope that the festival will have a significant impact both in terms of national integration through the arts and development of theatre traditions in the region. In this process, the youth of the North-East would conceivably have an
important role to play. We have been fortunate to receive the collaboration of all the State Governments of the region and also the North-East Zone Cultural Centre, Dimapur. The Department of Culture, Government of Assam, is playing a major role in co-ordinating the festival not only in Assam but also in the
other States. The first phase of the festival in this series is being held from 28 March to 17 April, 2003; the second phase will follow soon in the States of Tripura, Mizoram and Sikkim. The Paramparik Natya Samaroh is presented on the occasion of the golden jubilee of Sangeet Natak Akademi, which is being celebrated through various programmes all over the country. We hope the audience in the north-eastern States of India would be pleased with our present effort. 28 March 2003 JAYANT KASTUAR Secretary, Sangeet Natak Akademi New Delhi Programme 28 March - 2 April GUWAHATI Rabindra Bhavan, 6 p.m. 1 - 3 April DIMAPUR Town Hall, 4 p.m. 3-5 April SHILLONG Crinoline Swimming Pool, 4 p.m. 4-5 April DIBRUGARH India Club Auditorium, 6 p.m. 6-7April TEZPUR Wan Stage, 6 p.m. 8-10 April IMPHAL Jawaharlal Nehru Manipur Dance Academy, 6 p.m. 9-11 April ITANAGAR Sidharth Hall, 6 p.m. LECTURE DEMONSTRATION AND INTERACTION SESSIONS (10 A.M. DAILY) PARTICIPATING GROUPS Prahlad Natak (Orissa), Krishna Chandra Sahu a Party, Ganjam Therukoothu (Tamil Nadu), Purisai Duraisami Kannappa Thambiran Parambarai Therukoothu Manram, Chennai Ankia Nat (Assam), Jatin Goswami & Party, Guwahati Sri Krishna Parijat (Karnataka), Mallikarjuna Mudakavi & Party, Hospet Tamasha (Maharashtra), Sheikh Jainu Chand & Party, Mumbai Nautanki (Uttar Pradesh), Ankur Natya Samiti, Allahabad Karyala (Himachal Pradesh), Karyala Natya Dal, Shimla Khyal (Rajasthan), Banshilal Khiladi S Party, Jodhpur Oggukatha (Andhra Pradesh), Chukka Sathaiah & Party, Warangal Natua Nach (Bihar), Batohi, Bihar Lokvidya Sansthan, Saharsa Gambhira (West Bengal), Kutubpur Gambhira Dal, Malda Nacha (Chhattisgarh), Ravilal Sangde Nacha Party, Bhopal Bhand Pather (Jammu & Kashmir), National Bhand Theatre, Kashmir and TRADITIONAL FORMS FROM NORTH-EAST REGION.
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