BERHAMPUR: Surviving gurus in their seventies and eighties have decided to come together to keep alive their dying ‘Krushna Leela' a famous folk art form of Ganjam District, for the next generation.They have agreed to take part in a two-day workshop-cum-demonstration programme to be held in Berhampur city in the first week of March. Three cultural organisations -- Loknatya Gabesana Kendra of Bhubaneswar, Jagruti Natya Sansad and Chaitanya Kala Parishad of Sunathar in Ganjam district -- have joined hands for this effort.
“Our aim is to keep alive this traditional folk art of Ganjam district in its original form among the new generation,” said Bighneswar Sahu, adviser of organising committee of the event. Eldest ‘Krushna Leela' guru to attend the workshop is Narasingha Sadangi from Kadua village, who is above 80 years.
Around 25 gurus of ‘Krushna Leela' will attend it. Pramod Kumar Nahak, a veteran guru of ‘Krushna Leela' said during the workshop they would discuss and try to chalk out plans to make this art form survive in this era of electronic entertainment.
‘Krushna Leela' is enactment of 48 chapters of tenth ‘Skanda' of Oriya Bhagavat written by Jagannath Das. Performers enact the story of Lord Krishna from his birth till the killing of Kamsa. Performance related to each chapter takes around eight to 12 hours. So, complete performance of ‘Krushna Leela' needs 48 nights.
The script of this folk art form is based on Oriya Bhagavat. Performers come up with lyrical dialogues among them on stage. Actors of ‘Krushna Leela' are only children between the ages of 10 to 15 years. So, it is quite hard to train these young children for such a vast folk art form, according to Mr. Sahu.
Despite all odds this 48-day-long performance is still being held in some rural areas of Ganjam district. But these performances have gone down drastically.
Source: The Hindu
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