Navratri Maa Durga Mahishasur Mardini Purulia Chhau Dance West Bengal Folk India

Purulia Chhau dance is a unique art form of West Bengal of India which encompasses the elements of spontaneity, aggression and vigour.

Theme of this Purulia Chhau dance is Glory of God in battlefield which is taken from Hindu scriptures.

Dancers wear masks of characters of epic in Purulia Chhau folk dance of West Bengal of India.

Title of this dance which you are watching in this video is "Mahishasura Mardini". According to Hindu scriptures, Once, a demon king Mahishasura defeated all the deities in war. Deities pray Goddess Durga to kill Mahishasura. Goddess Durga pleased on deities and killed demon king Mahishasura.

Though, the themes of Purulia Chhau dance are taken from many Hindu scriptures, but the themes of Goddess Durga are taken during Navratri festival.

Read about Navratri festival at http://www.ekunji.com/society/indian_fair_and_festivals/navratri_festival/nav...

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• Navratri
• Maa
• Durga
• Mahishasur
• Mardini
• Purulia
• Chhau
• Dance
• West
• Bengal
• Folk
• India

[sam4net23]

This is essence of purulia, thanks for uploading.

Since a long time, I had not seen the Chhau nach.

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