Jamshedpur: Veteran Chhau mask maker Sushanta Kumar Mahapatra from Seraikela, who was named for the Sangeet Natak Akademi ...

The Chhau dance of Eastern India — Orissa, Jharkhand, and West Bengal – is a blend of martial traditions, temple rituals, and folk and popular performance of this region. Episodes from the epics ...

Indian masks play not only an artistic role but also become repositories of folklore, embody religious ideology and help ...