Nishita Banerjee, Sahapedia.org

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The performance is usually held in the centre of the village. The audience has an interactive role with the performers where they encircle the performance area. (Photo: Nishita Banerjee via Sahapedia.org)

Gavari: A 40-day mystical theatre celebration of the goddess among Rajasthan’s Bhil tribe

  • Mar 22, 2021

Each year a bhopa (priest) from the villages dominated by the Bhil tribe in Rajasthan invokes the goddess Gauri/Gavari/Ambavi mata ahead of the Hindu month of Shravan (around September)

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