Archive: assam

Archive: assam

Under the Sal Tree project

50. India-Assam: Under the Sal Tree project – 2009

A festival of Celebrating Traditional Rituals through Theatre

In Assam, the military controls the population and there is little room for manoeuvre for intellectual and cultural development. Inspired by the indigenous …

Bijuli

49. India-Assam: Bijuli – 2009

Theatre maker Evelien Pullens travelled to India for Theatre Embassy to train young actors from different tribes in the Northeast in puppetry. Few people know that the population of this corner of India is constantly …

The Power of Puppetry

39. India-Assam: The Power of Puppetry – 2008

In the countryside in Assam, Sukra Rabha led his theatre group Bandung Duppa. Inspired by the native dances and rituals, he developed a new form of theatre within the region’s own …