I remember Tusu Parab celebrations from my own childhood... the feet of the women (who sung as they danced) in rhythm with the dhol played by a male lead. The "sound of music" was almost monotonous, but the songs had a very earthy appeal, and the joie de vi·vre all too evident to the audience. This was so beautifully captured in Satyajit Ray's Agantuk in Utpal Dutt's scene with the Santhals in Birbhum, where Mamata Shankar joins the women in their dance. Obviously, as time passes, so does tradition make way for modernism.
from my own childhood... the feet of the women (who sung as they danced) in rhythm with the dhol played by a male lead. The "sound of music" was almost monotonous, but the songs had a very earthy appeal, and the joie de vi·vre all too evident to the audience. This was so beautifully captured in Satyajit Ray's Agantuk in Utpal Dutt's scene with the Santhals in Birbhum, where Mamata Shankar joins the women in their dance. Obviously, as time passes, so does tradition make way for modernism, as is evident from these pictures... celebrating Tusu Parab with heart shaped red and pink balloons !
I remember Tusu Parab celebrations from my own childhood... the feet of the women (who sung as they danced) in rhythm with the dhol played by a male lead. The "sound of music" was almost monotonous, but the songs had a very earthy appeal, and the joie de vi·vre all too evident to the audience. This was so beautifully captured in Satyajit Ray's Agantuk in Utpal Dutt's scene with the Santhals in Birbhum, where Mamata Shankar joins the women in their dance.
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from my own childhood... the feet of the women (who sung as they danced) in rhythm with the dhol played by a male lead. The "sound of music" was almost monotonous, but the songs had a very earthy appeal, and the joie de vi·vre all too evident to the audience. This was so beautifully captured in Satyajit Ray's Agantuk in Utpal Dutt's scene with the Santhals in Birbhum, where Mamata Shankar joins the women in their dance. Obviously, as time passes, so does tradition make way for modernism, as is evident from these pictures... celebrating Tusu Parab with heart shaped red and pink balloons !
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