Sphoorthi Theatre

Tamasha is a traditional Marathi folk art form. It includes both singing and dancing forms. It is widely performed theatre groups within the state of Maharashtra, India. It is in fact a mobile theatre that goes to different regions of Maharashtra. The word ‘Tamasha’ is Persian origin meaning ‘to have fun or to play’. Today, this word is commonly used in Hindi, Marathi, Kannada and Urdu. Again, some have researched the origin of the word Tamasha to Turkish langaugeand has entered into urdu and finally borrowed from Urdu to Marathi. In Marathi the word Tamasha means 'A mixtures of specialized performances like dance, music, different enactements or roles by women or girls, participation of women, and singing lavanis'. I wonder how Persian or Turkish languages have influence Marathi. This folk art from is so very deep rooted in rural Maharashtra for more than eight-nine centuries that it is quite difficult to say when this Tamasha was first staged. This art form is cal...

Disappearing Folk art of Telangana Sarada Kala Rupam- Oral Narrative Folk Art Form of Telangana Region Introduction: One of the distinctive folk art forms of Telangana region is ‘Sarada’ art form popularly known as Sarada Kala Rupam. ‘Sarada’ is synonymous for Goddess Saraswati. ‘Sarada’ is the string instrument used by these folk artists in ballads. By playing sarada string instrument these balladeers- story narrators or in simple words story tellers narrate nearly seventy stories in song form. As these balladeers use Sarada string instruments, they are known as ‘Sarada Ganalu’.                   Here is the picture of Saradagallu from Mehaboobnagar, Telangana State. In some regions they are also known as ‘Jangam-storyteller’. This is because; as per researches, it is still not very clear to which caste these Sarada balladeers belong to, they are considered as a sub caste of Schedule Caste (SC) community. Again, sarada caste is...