5 Months and 20 Indigenous Village Folk Carnivals of West Bengal
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The 5 month-long festivities as planned by TourEast |
Details on the Folk-Arts
Mukha Shilpo or Wooden Masks
An ecstatic artform of the Ranbangshi community of Dakshin Dinajpur district of West Bengal. Kushmandi witnesses the moulding of the masks. Themes of the masks are usually spiritual, historic and religious dedicated to the ageless good versus evil theology. The masks make part of the costume of the traditional Gomira dance. The artists will host the 5th edition of their annual festival Mukha Mela in Kushmandi on October 26 - 28, 2018.
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Nice!!
ReplyDeleteVery informative with few surprises for me... i hav been a regular visitor to Muragacha Nadia for few months but was unaware of the putul nach mela.. i would like to add that one might get a package of some of these carnivals at Pous Mela itself.
ReplyDeleteLearning so much about these interesting places in India. Thanks for sharing out to the world.
ReplyDeleteAmazing! The north east has such a rich diversity of folk arts
ReplyDeleteThis in particular is West Bengal.
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