Chhau dance
Yaɣ sheli | Indian folk dance, war dance ![]() |
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Tiŋa | India ![]() |
Indigenous to | Purulia district, Mayurbhanj district, Seraikela Kharsawan district ![]() |
Intangible cultural heritage status | Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, National List for Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) ![]() |
Described at URL | https://ich.unesco.org/en/RL/00337, https://ich.unesco.org/fr/RL/00337, https://ich.unesco.org/es/RL/00337 ![]() |
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Chhau dance, bɛ lahi sabirili mi Chhou dance, nyɛla Indian waa balishɛli.[1] Di mali la sitaaya dibaa ata ka bɛ mali bɛ ni niŋdi li luɣ'shɛli yuli n booni li, i.e. "Purulia Chhau of West Bengal", "Seraikella Chhau of Jharkhand" nti pahi "Mayurbhanj Chhau of Odisha".
Waa maa chanimi ni "martial arts, acrobatics and athletics" ka tooi nyɛ bɛ ni wari shɛli chuɣu ni, ka di mali di ni wari doli shɛm mini adiini yɛltɔɣa Shaivism, Shaktism mini Vaishnavism. Sitaaya kam malila di situra, ni Purulia mini Serakeilla ninpɔbiri zaŋ ku bukaata tiri waliginsim .[2] Lahabali shɛŋa Chhau wa'wariba ni kpuɣiri shɛŋa n-nyɛ din yina "Hindu epics the Ramayana" mini Mahabharata, the Puranas ni India kundunima din pahi ni[2][3]
Dobba n tooi wari li kali ni, ka bɛ tooi niŋdi li yuuni yuuni, ka tooi warili ni Hindu wahi mini nadaa nima kaya wa'shɛŋa.[3] Wamaa nyɛla din laɣisiri niriba balibu ban yina yaɣa pam.[2][3]
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Bachi maa ni yina shɛli
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Chhau nyɛla waa sitaaya din pili East India yaɣili polo.[4] Din tooi nyɛ di yimi na Sanskrit Chāya (shinshiyali, anfooni bee ninpɔbirigu puuni).[3][5] Shɛba mali balibu malibu li mi n dalindi Sanskrit pilli Chadma, ka shɛba mi kamani Sitakant Mahapatra buɣisi ni di yimi na Chhaun puuni Odia balli ni.[6][7]
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Chhau nahingbana
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Chhau waa tooi wari la Jharkhand, West Bengal mini Odisha tiŋgbani yaɣa churi puhibu saha, di bahi bahindi "spring festival of Chaitra Parva" lala chuɣu ŋɔ ni ka sokam laɣinda.[5] Purulia Chhau wari la Sun festival ni.[8]
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Ninpɔbirisi pahi la Chhau waa wabu ni Purulia mini Seraikella Sitaaya ni[2] Waa baŋsim, binkumda ni ninpɔborisi malibu wuhiri la noli ni.[9] Chhau waa din be northern Odisha bɛ mali ninpɔbirisi tumdi tuma wa wabu ni, amaa bɛ leei mali li mi n kuri bukaata di yi niŋ ka yiliyiini maa na tuui du steeji zuɣu ni o ti zaŋ o maŋa n wuhi salo.[10]
Chhau balibu dibaa ayi din mali nangbanpɔbirisi, chanimi ni khel, noonsi mini binkɔb' shɛba chandi nahingbana (bɛ ni booni shɛli chalis mini topkas) ni chandi din taba paɣaba tuma ni chandi (bɛ ni booni shɛli uflis).[8] Lala Chhau waa balli ŋɔ, yɛli ni Mohan Khokar, nyɛla din ka gbunni, di nyɛla tiŋa laɣim di ka nyu ni nachiinsi dibu.[5]
Dobba n wari lala waa ŋɔ, bɛ warili la yuŋ polo ni, ka bɛ booni li akhada bee asar. Binkumda maa lurimi doli taba ni kali binkumda, ka bɛ ŋmɛri li mohuri mini shehnai papu nima ni.[2] Dala din ŋmɛri doli li shɛŋa n-nyɛ dhol (dal'choo), dhumsa (jiŋlaa dala din bara) n-ti tabiki kharka bee chad-chadi. Waa maa yɛltɔɣa kpana ni jɛndi shɛba n-nyɛ ban zali taarihi biɛhigu ni, salima ni lahabali ŋmahi din yinaRamayana mini Mahabharata ni din pahi pahi.[2]
Ban daa pili Chhau waa (di bahi bahindi "Purulia style") daa pala Paika mini Natua ko, amaa Nachni gba malila nuu timbu ni Chhau ni paai shɛli saha ŋɔ ni. Chhau waa paŋ la paɣaba chandi Nachni waa din di che bela ni di yi di ko ka che (Bhattacharya, 1983, Chakravarti, 2001, Kishore, 1985) puuni. Paɣaba wahi binyɛra din be Chhau ni ʒi la Lasya Bhava yaɣ'shɛŋa din yina Natya Shastra din zaŋ dimaŋa ni viɛlim na waa ŋɔ ni, ka dobba chandi maa mi nyɛ Shiva's tandava waa wabu sitaaya (Bose 1991).[11] Gbunni balibu pam bɛni n-tiri tandava mini lasya. M-pun' yɛli tandava mini lasya gbunni din saɣiti zuɣusaa ŋɔ. Bose daa yɛli nangbankpeeni din be lasya mini tandava puuni o Sanskrit sabbu ni. Lihimi Bose, Mandakranta.[12]
Three styles of Chhau
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Seraikella Chhau yimi na Seraikela ni, di ni daa be Kalinga's Gajapati Rule sulinsi ni, zuŋɔ din pa nyɛ "administrative headquarters" n-ti Seraikela Kharsawan district din be Jharkhand, Purulia Chhau din be Purulia district, West Bengal nti pahi Mayurbhanj Chhau[13] din be Mayurbhanj district, Odisha. Waliginsim din be di dibaa ata ŋɔ ni nyɛla nangbanpɔbirisi zaŋ tum tuma. Di ni niŋ ka Seraikela mini Purulia mali nangbanpɔbirisi n tumdi tuma Chhau waa ni la, Mayurbhanj Chhau bɛ mali li n tumdi tuma.[8][14]
Seraikella Chhau's ni wari shɛm nyɛla ninkura ban daa gari ni pili shɛli, ka saha ŋɔ niriba balibu pa wari li luɣili kam.[8] Seraikella Chhau warimi ni nangbanpɔbirisi din mali dalima ka kpɛrigu maa wuhiri ŋun be din ni ni tu ni o niŋdi shɛli.[8][15] Purulia Chhau wuhirila tuunshɛli ŋun be din ni ni tumda; kamani shɛhirili, gbuɣinli tuma malila gbuɣinli ninpɔbirigu ni neen yɛra maa gba, ka ŋun za lala zaasheei ŋɔ chani o naba anahi.[8] Kalo maaniba ban maani Hindu buɣa m-maani lala ninpɔbirisi ŋɔ ka di yibu na yɛlimaŋli sheei nyɛ Purulia district din be West Bengal.[16] Mayurbhanj Chhau bi wari ni ninpɔbirisi ka di biɛhigu ŋmani Seraikella Chhau.[8][15]
Recognition
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Yuuni 2010, Chhau waa nyɛla bɛ ni daa sabi shɛli m-pahi NESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity ni.[17]
Odisha Gɔmnanti daa kpa la "Government Chhau Dance Centre" yuuni 1960 Seraikella mini Mayurbhanj Chhau Nritya Pratisthan niŋbu ni Baripada yuuni 1962. Ka Lela tuma duu ŋɔ pili yiliyiiniba ni kpamba wumsibu n-ti pahi Chhau tuma duri mini ban tabiri sɔŋdi li. Chaitra Parva chuɣu, din kpa talahi n-ti Chhau waa, lahi nyɛla Gɔmnanti ni tabiri sɔŋdi shɛli. Sangeet Natak Akademi kpa la National Centre n zaŋ ti Chhau waa din be Baripada, Odisha.[18][19]
In popular culture
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Hindi film Barfi! puuni yaɣa pam buni ka bɛ wari Purulia Chhau.[20]
Chhau mask
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]Purulia Chhau waa pahi la "UNESCO's world heritage list of dances" ni.[21] Waliginsim din be Purulia Chhau mini Mayurbhanj Chhau wahi ni nyɛla ninpɔbirisi maa zaŋ tum tuma. Purulia Chhau waa ni ninpɔbirisi bɛni mi, amaa Mayurbhanj Chhau waa ni mi ninpɔbirisi kani, ka di che ka nini ni mini ningbuna maa zaa pahiri waa maa ni.[22] Kali ni, chhau waa wari la Anashaara goli March sunsuuni pukparilim siɣili saha yi gari ka zaɣ'palli kana.[23] Purulia Chhau wa'wariba niŋdi la ninpɔbirisi din wuhiri bɛ ni niŋdi shɛli. Bɛ yi zaŋ yaɣiri m-mali ninpɔbirisi maa nahingbana naai, bɛ peentiri li mi ka dihili nachiinsi ni Shola mini binyɛr'shɛŋa.
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Chhau mask din nyɛ Purulia dini nyɛla bɛ ni rijisitiri shɛli Geographical Indications.[24] Di ni niŋ ka Purulia Chhau ninpɔbirigu maa yi di ko ka nyɛ kali maa.
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Lala chhau nyɛla Sutradhar community baŋdiba ni maani shɛli. Ninpɔbirisi maa malibu chanimi ni yaɣa pam. Takari gbaŋ bala pɔribu dibaa anii zaŋ chaŋ pia, ka b zaŋ li n lɔhi "diluted glue" ni, ka zaŋli m-pa taba zuɣu yim yim pɔi ka naan yi pali yaɣiri ni tanpiligim zim. Yaɣiri ka bɛ mali m-maani nini nahingbana maa. Bɛ mali yaɣiri mini nɛma din gahim m-pahira ka bɛ naan yi dɛli ninpɔbirigu maa wuntaŋa ka di kuui. Din bɔŋɔ nyaaŋa, ka bɛ naan yi labi mali li n niŋ buyi ni ka lahi labi dɛli li wuntaŋa ka naan yi waligi nɛma mini takarigbana maa . Bɛ yi naai ka gbi nina mini nye voya, bɛ peentiri la ninpɔbirisi maa ka dihili nachiinsi.[25][26]
Anfooni nima
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]-
Chhau dance artist-female
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Chhau dance artist-male
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Chhau dance artist-male
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Chhau dance artists
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Chhau dance artist
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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 performing
Kundivihira
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- ↑ Williams 2004, pp. 83-84, is a semi-classical Indian dance with martial, tribal and folk origins. The other major classical Indian dances are: Bharatanatyam, Kathak, Kuchipudi, Kathakali, Odissi, Manipuri, Satriya, Yaksagana and Bhagavata Mela.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Chhau dance UNESCO, Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Claus 2003, pp. 109-110.
- ↑ Claus 2003, pp. 109.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Mohan Khokar (1984). Traditions of Indian classical dance. Clarion Books. pp. 184–186. ISBN 9780391032750.
- ↑ Claus, p. 109
- ↑ The Chhau. Seraikela-Kharsawan district official website.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 8.6 Claus, p. 110
- ↑ From: NOMINATION FILE NO. 00337 FOR INSCRIPTION ON THE REPRESENTATIVE LIST OF THE INTANGIBLE CULTURAL HERITAGE IN 2010, UNESCO 2010
- ↑ Claus 2003, p. 110.
- ↑ Kishore, Vikrant. From real to reel : folk dances of India in Bollywood cinema. Adelaide, S. Aust. ISBN 978-0-9925259-5-8. OCLC 894030959.
- ↑ Movement and Mimesis: The Idea of Dance in the Sanskritic Tradition. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 1991.
- ↑ CHHAU DANCE OF MAYURBHANJ.
- ↑ Famous Folk Dance: "Chau". Purulia district official website.
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Mohan Khokar (1984). Traditions of Indian classical dance. Clarion Books. pp. 186–187. ISBN 9780391032750.
- ↑ Pani, Jiwan (1986). World of Other Faces - Indian Masks. New Delhi: Publications Division, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, Government of India. pp. 19–20.
- ↑ http://www.unesco.org/culture/ich/index.php?pg=00011 |title=Intangible Heritage Lists
- ↑ Chhau Centre, Baripada/Jamshedpur. Sangeet Natak Akademi.
- ↑ "Chhau centre at Baripada finds favour with Union Ministry". The Hindu. 15 July 2012. http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-otherstates/article3642105.ece.
- ↑ "Film Review | Barfi!". HT Mint. 13 September 2012. http://www.livemint.com/Leisure/PYBk7vmKGxRJKZEQwBwNkN/Film-Review--Barfi.html.
- ↑ "Chhau Dance: West Bengal's Performing Art Treasure" (en-US). Utsavpedia. 30 July 2015. https://www.utsavpedia.com/cultural-connections/indian-performing-arts/chhau-dance-of-purulia/.
- ↑ The Official Website of Purulia District.
- ↑ :::::: Daricha Foundation ::::::.
- ↑ "Bengal handicrafts to get new fillip with GI tags" (en-IN). The Hindu. PTI. 16 August 2016. ISSN 0971-751X. http://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/kolkata/Bengal-handicrafts-to-get-new-fillip-with-GI-tags/article14572749.ece.
- ↑ Mask dances of Bengal. indianculture.gov.in.
- ↑ "Faces behind the Chhau Mask" (en-US). https://www.mollisarts.com/chhau-folk-art-mask-craft.html.
Karim pahi
[mali niŋ | mali mi di yibu sheena n-niŋ]- Asutosh Bhattacharya, Chhau dance of Purulia. Pub. Rabindra Bharati University, 1972.
- Barba, Eugenio; Nicola Savarese (1991). A dictionary of theatre anthropology: the secret art of the performer. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-05308-0.
- Claus, Peter J.; Sarah Diamond; Margaret Ann Mills (2003). South Asian folklore: an encyclopedia. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0-415-93919-4.
- Claus, Peter J.; et al. (2003), South Asian folklore: an encyclopedia, Routledge, ISBN 0-415-93919-4
- Kishore, Vikrant (2014). From real to reel : folk dances of India in Bollywood cinema. Adelaide, South Australia UNESCO-APNIEVE Australia ISBN 9780992525958, 9780992525996
- Williams, Drid (2004). "In the Shadow of Hollywood Orientalism: Authentic East Indian Dancing". Visual Anthropology 17 (1): 69–98. DOI:10.1080/08949460490274013.
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