Women dancers have entered the male bastion of Chhau and are going places
Updated: January 03, 2021 10:21 IST Chhau dance, with its martial origin and strenuous body movements, was once a strictly-guarded male domain. Now several all-women troupes are all the rage Share Article AAA Chhau is her life and identity, says 23 -year- old Mousumi Chowdhury, who set up the first all women Chhau troupe in Purulia, West Bengal, in 2010 | Photo Credit: Banglanatak dot com Chhau dance, with its martial origin and strenuous body movements, was once a strictly-guarded male domain. Now several all-women troupes are all the rage There’s a proverb in the Santhali language tha...
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