Chhau dance

Chhau dance performing artists

Chhau dance, na baŋ la sɛge eŋ la Chhou dance, waa la India deme classical dance naŋ maŋ taa zɔɔ zɔɔ bigruu aneŋ a noba saaŋkompare yɛlɛ mine. O maŋ taa la yoe parɛɛ ata te kyaare neŋ zie ŋa ba naŋ maŋ seɛrɛ o, ka a ziiri la Purulia Chhau naŋ be West Bengal, a Seraikella Chhau naŋ be Jharkhand aneŋ a Mayurbhanj Chhau naŋ meŋ be Odisha.

Mayurbhanj Chhau artists performing to a Vaishnavite theme at Bhubaneswar, Odisha

A video of Chau dance in Purulia, West Bengal

O yuori waabo

Chhau e la seɛre ŋa naŋ maŋ yi irigyini naŋ be a East India paaloŋ poɔ. O boɔloo ŋa da yi la a Sanskrit Chāya (galakyuu, enfuoni bee nimipɔgraa). Noba mine ŋmeɛrɛ o yiibo zie enna a Sanskrit root Chadma (disguise), ka ba mine aseŋ noba bama ba naŋ boɔla Sitakant Mahapatra meŋ yeli ka o yi la Chhauni (military camp, armour, stealth) a yi a Odia kɔkɔre poɔ.

A Chhau dancer in Bagmundi, West Bengal in role of goddess Durga.

Chhau waaloŋ mine

A Shaktism themed costumes for Chhau dance (Durga with Lion, Purulia style Chhau).

Artists from Purulia district of West Bengal perform Chhau dance

A Chhau seɛre parɛɛ ata ŋa la a

Ileana Citaristi performing Mayurbhanj Chhau (Shaivism theme).

Neɛ zaa naŋ woŋ o yɛlɛ

A yuoni 2010, ba da sɛge ŋmaa la a Chhau seɛre eŋ a UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

Yipɔge yeli tuuri mine naŋ be o poɔ

A Hindi film Barfi! maŋ taa la waaloŋ mine naŋ maŋ yiniŋ ana na a Purulia Chhau meŋ naŋ maŋ taa o poɔ.

Chhau mask

A Chhau dancer in Bagmundi

chhau mask

mask and musical instrument of chhau dance

Durga with Lion, Purulia style Chhau

Chhau masks and dancer of West Bengal

Chhau Mask of West Bengal in Indian Stamp, 2017

A Chhau mask naŋ yi Purulia be a Geographical Indications merɛ kpaambo poɔ. Aŋa o tɛɛtɛɛloŋ poɔŋ, a Purulia Chhau nimbipɔgraa maŋ yi la o yoŋ aneŋ a saaŋkonoŋ yɛlɛ.

Chhau masks are being made in a household in Purulia

Enfuomo daga

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  Chhau dance artist-male
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  Chhau dancers in a village of Jharkhand
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  Chhau dancer with demon mask performing at night
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  A chhau dancer performing among the villagers in Jharkhand
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  A Mayurbhanj Chhau music troupe performin

Yeŋe linkiri

• Chhau dance: Spandan, Shiva themes, Carolina Prada (2013)
• Chau: The Rare Mask Dances
• Purulia district website with information on Chhau
• Mauyrbhanj district website with information on Chhau
• Saraikela Kharsawan district website with information on Chhau