Article - Performance and Ritual: Bangla Natya
Published in: Apperception (ISSN 2321-1261), Department of English, Visva-Bharati Issue: special issue on Drama and Theatre Arts Pages: 135-144 Publication Year: June 2018. Edited by: Prof. Somdutta Mandal, Professor, Deptt. of English, Visva Bharati. Abstract The essay dwells with several facets of the much discussed subject of ‘rituals’ and ‘performances’ in Bangla natya . Conditioned as we are by the urban theatre with its colonial legacy, it is difficult for us even today to realize that ‘ritual’ and ‘performance’ are never separated from each other in Bangla natya . One reason behind this may be that generally by the term Bangla natya we understand a specific kind of performance, rooted in the folk tradition. It is only after we clear our views in this regard, would we be in a position to engage with the ritual-performance interface. Only an awareness of this will make the contemporary Bengali audience comprehend the importance of the issues ...