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To Show, To See, To Tell, To Know: Patuas, Bhopas, and their Audiences
| Title: | To Show, To See, To Tell, To Know: Patuas, Bhopas, and their Audiences | | Author: | Singh, Kavita | | Publication: | Marg | | Enumeration: | Vol. 49 Issue no. 3; March 1998, p. 36-51 | | Abstract: | When images accompany verbal (oral or written) narratives, they often serve to concretize and make physically present the characters and events of the tale. The patuas of Bengal display their own patas, cloth-and-paper scrolls, and chant lively songs, while the bhopas of Rajasthan are not the authors of the painted phads they carry. While the pata is not a sacred object today, which has led to the erosion of traditional patronage, the phad's performance is commissioned with ritual continuance in mind: Bhopas know and sing the epic of Dev Narayan, also called Bagrawat Bharat. The patua shows scrolls by day depicting a variety of political or cultic affiliations; the bhopa's nightlong performance is permitted only during the auspicious months of the year and after appropriate rituals have been followed. Source of Abstract: Provided by Publisher | | Tools: |
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