'Tusu Parab' ('The Tusu Festival') by Sripada Mahato

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Title

'Tusu Parab' ('The Tusu Festival') by Sripada Mahato

Subject

'Tusu Parab' ('The Tusu Festival') by Sripada Mahato

Description

The original Bengali text of the essay 'Tusu Parab' ('The Tusu Festival') by Sripada Mahato, which describes the Tusu Parab of the Kurmis in vivid detail.

The Tusu Parab is a month-long festival celebrated in the districts of Purulia, Bankura and Paschim Medinipur, that ends with the immersion of special Tusu structures in the river on the occasion of Makar Sankranti. The Kurmis celebrate this festival with a lot of pomp, organizing fairs and performing various folk songs and dances.

Creator

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

Source

Jhalda II, Purulia, West Bengal

Publisher

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

Date

11.03.2016

Contributor

Sripada Mahato

Rights

© Department of English, Vidyasagar University

Relation

Cultural Text, Linguistic Data, Naach, Dance, Gaan, Song, Performing Arts of Bengal, Performance Studies

Format

PDF Document

Language

Bengali

Type

Text

Identifier

The Department of English, Vidyasagar University had undertaken a Field Trip to Jhalda II Block of Purulia, West Bengal during 10-11 March 2016 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

Cultural Text. Folk Performance/ Folk Drama of Bengal

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Text

The original Bengali text of the essay 'Tusu Parab' ('The Tusu Festival') by Sripada Mahato, which describes the Tusu Parab of the Kurmis in vivid detail.

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Paper

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