Paik Naach

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Title

Paik Naach

Subject

Paik Naach

Description

Dr. Subrata Mukhopadhyay, who has conducted extensive research on folk cultures in the Jangalmahal region, pointed out that the “Paik-naach” was essentially a martial dance that originated out of the community’s revolt against the Permanent Settlement, that took the shape of an armed rebellion. Unlike other folk performances that have their own script, the “Paik-naach” has been performed in the modern Bengali script for many generations now.

Originally of a one-hour duration, a performance can now range between 30 and 40 minutes. Even though there were a number of groups in the Paik community who performed this dance in the past, today only the members of Dubra Agragami Club, as well as another group from Garbeta, perform this dance in India.

Creator

UGC-SAP III, DRS Phase II, Department of English, Vidyasagar University

Source

Vill- Dubra, P.S- Jamboni, P.O- Dubra, Dist- Jhargram

Publisher

UGC-SAP III, DRS Phase II, Department of English, Vidyasagar University

Date

19.03.2017

Contributor

Parimal Dolai: 9933792051

 Jiten Mallik: 9800415089

Rights

© Department of English, Vidyasagar University

Relation

Naach, Dance, Gaan, Song, Performing Arts of Bengal, Performance Studies, Interview, Workshop

Format

JPG Image Files, AVCHD Video File

Language

Bengali

Type

Performing Art and Cultural Text

Identifier

The Department of English, Vidyasagar University had undertaken a Field Trip to Vill- Dubra, P.S- Jamboni, P.O- Dubra, Dist- Jhargram,  West Bengal on 19.03.2017 under the aegis of UGC-SAP III, DRS Phase II Project entitled "Translation, documentation, and conservation of Tribal Oral Folk Literature and Cultural Texts of West Bengal"

Coverage

Folk Performance/ Folk Drama of Bengal, Interview, Workshop

Collection Items

Paik Naach
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