In a folk version of the Indian Epic,Mahabharatha, there is a story of a tribal couple who play a crucial role in maintaining the secure status of the virtual kingdom of the legends through a deed of sacrifice and penance.The husband was the chief tribal magician who had practiced the art of black magic in the courts of kings and once he had been threatened by the mighty king of the Kauravas to destroy his opponents , the Pandavas, through the deeds of a black magic.The poor tribal magician was forced to commit the destruction of the virtuous Pandavas.When the news of this vicious deed was reached at the wife of the tribal man, she burst out in fury and attempted to her own son to save the five Pandava princes and their mother from the disastrous magic which was helplessly committed by her husband at the threat of the ruling Kauravas..;
This folk story has given birth to one of the most popular and touching plays being rendered in the classical dance drama version of Kathakali (enactment of a play) of Kerala in India. The tribal couple in the semi-classical and folk style in the play had been a catching element of colors and duet- performance patterns on the stage of the dance-drama and I had tried to make out different studies on their postures during my teenage on paper either in water and poster colors as shown here....:-
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| The Tribal Couple On The Stage (my study in poster colors) |
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| Enacting The Folk Spirit In Classic Style (one of my watercolor-studies at teenage) |
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