Essay on Seasonal Variation in Santhal Society: An Avant-Garde Play by Jean-Frederic Chevallier
Date: 20 March 2018Time: 7.00 pm to 8.30 pmVenue: Open Air Theatre (in front of the VU Library)
The Department of English, Vidyasagar University…
Night of Theatre n°10 (French La Nuit des Idées) entitled Essay on Seasonal Variation in Santhal Society, an amazing night-long open air theatre of contemporary performing arts and inventive thought, will take place in collaboration with Trimukhi…
Various theories abound as to the true nature of the origins of the Mech tribe. The name “Mech”, for instance, is said to have come down from the word “mlechchha”. Another theory suggests that the name was bestowed upon the tribe since they had…
Two books have already been published related to the thrust area in Phase I of the DRS Project. The title of the books are: Survival and Other Stories: Bangla Dalit Fiction in Translation (2012) Towards Social Change: Essays on Dalit…
Gour Maity from the Jetor community showcasing a “Chanch”. Jetor people weave “Chanch” with thatch-grass collected from the bank rivers of Kangsabati and Subarnarekha, the two rivers on the banks of which Jetor people live.
Jetor men of Bhatpara, Paschim Medinipur carrying water from Kangsabati to participate in their ethnic religious-festival named Jol Dhala. The human chain of worshippers resembles Proto-Australoids.
Women from different Jetor villages located at considerable distance are united by their common love of river (Kangsabati) and Baba (Lord Shiva), on whose head they pour Holy River Water twice a year. (Bhatpara, Paschim Medinipur)
Patua Pala or Patachitra, commonly known as pata is one of the most popular yet endangered performing art forms of Bengal. It usually comprises painting and an adjunct folk song. Various mythical stories are depicted on a piece of cloth, known as…
The complete original Bengali text of the puppet song - 'On Education and Its Importance in Daily Life', accompanied by an IPA transcription of the same.