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Mancha is a Folk theatre form of central India, specially of Malwa region of Madhya Pradesh. The theatre belongs to Bhagat genre like some other theatre forms such as Nautanki, Swang or saung and khyal. But immediate source of its origin is Khyal theatre of Rajasthan. Originally it was also called Khyal Mancha. Some Gurujans (Mentors) migrated from Rajasthan to Ujjain (MP) and there they imbibed the native cultural elements and incorporated them in this theatre ...
This book is a comprehensive study of the religion, myths, rituals and art of the Bastar tribes. The author has been connected intimately with Bastar since four and a half decades. He developed a fancy for the tribal people of Bastar and became interested in their culture. He started collecting their artifacts specially the bronzes which are made for them by Ghasia craftsmen who are living with them since time immemorial. Due to the long association with the ...