The Bodos are important tribes of the North-Eastern India, particularly Assam. They
belong to the Indo-Mongolian group of tribes and are inducted as Kiratas. They are mainly
scattered in the districts of Kokrajhar, Goalpara, Barpeta, Bongaigaon, Baksa, Dhubri etc.
The traditional Bodos celebrate Kherai as one of their significant religious festivals
Brahma (2008) 14. They perform Kherai for...
Dhvani or the idea of suggestion being the main cause for the experience of ‘rasa’ as expostulated in Anandavardhana’s seminal work Dhvanyaloka, became a game-changing idea in the field of poetics or aesthetics in its time. Not only was it comprehensive in its scope, but it also reinforced the pre-eminence of rasa in poetic works. The purpose of this article is merely exploratory in attempting to...
Dhvani or the idea of suggestion being the main cause for the experience of ‘rasa’ as expostulated in Anandavardhana’s seminal work Dhvanyaloka, became a game-changing idea in the field of poetics or aesthetics in its time. Not only was it comprehensive in its scope, but it also reinforced the pre-eminence of rasa in poetic works. The purpose of this article is merely exploratory in attempting to...
Guru is held in great respect and significance in Indian culture since he is the source of all wisdom and learning. India has a rich heritage of several art forms that are closely related to many aspects of life and are still practiced today and passed down from one generation to the next through the "Guru Shishya Parampara". The present study focuses on Indian classical dancers where each shishya...
The purpose of this research paper is to study the Gerjattha (Jatha Ger) folk dance of Meghwal community living in Motisara village, Siwana Tehsil in Barmer district, Rajasthan. Semi-participant observation, unstructured interview, case study and photographic analysis have been used as a research methodology. The summary of the research indicate that the Gerjattha (Jatha Ger dance) is the main...
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