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Gomira <\/em><\/strong>: The Traditional Wooden Mask-dance<\/strong><\/p>\n

A Unique Documentary Photography Workshop <\/u><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Date : 29th & 30th September, 2018 (Saturday and Sunday)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Mentors : LopamudraTalukdar and Tania Chatterjee<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Overview:<\/strong><\/p>\n

North Dinajpur, despite being a lesser known district of West Bengal, is famous for still maintaining the age old traditional wooden mask dance called Gomira<\/em>. The Gomira<\/em> dances are organised to appease the deity to usher in the ‘good forces’ and drive out the ‘evil forces\u2019. The dancers are all male, and portray one or many characters of human or animals. They dance to the accompaniment of\u00a0musical instruments like Dhak<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0Kansar<\/em>, but the most interesting aspect here is the total absence of any songs or chants. Traditionally, the Gomira dance starts with the entry of two characters Buro-Buri<\/em>, who are actually the human forms of Shiva<\/em> and Parvati<\/em>. After the initial round of dancing, characters are called on to the stage. The last and perhaps the most powerful character is Narsingha-Avatar<\/em>, symbolically showing the ultimate triumph of good over evil. An interesting feature of these dance performances are the trances or\u00a0Bhor<\/em>, as it is known in the local language.<\/p>\n

The wooden masks which is the most interesting and attractive part of the Gomira<\/em> dance have emerged as a small scale cottage industry in this region. These masks are used as home decor nowadays. The craft itself is developing with the exposure to the outside world influences and the craftsman\u2019s\u2019 changing it as per the requirements.\u00a0Historically the masks were made from very good quality wood, but these days cheaper wood such as mango, pakur, kadam, gamhar are used to cut down on the cost.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the Gomira<\/em> dance form nowadays \u00a0is a dying tradition and under-appreciated. Apart from photography point of view, another objective of this workshop is to support the local artists and an effort to make this traditional art form more acceptable. <\/u><\/p>\n

Itinerary :<\/strong><\/p>\n

Day 1<\/strong> (29th<\/sup> Sept, 2018)<\/strong> :Morning session will start by a short introductory session and briefing of 2 day\u2019s program. 9am to 12noon shoot with Gomira<\/em> dancers with their huge colourfulmasks, back stage preparation of dancers and some portrait shoot with different colourful masks.<\/p>\n

After lunch an hour classroom session on \u201cDocumentary Photography\u201d<\/p>\n

4pm to 6pm Gomira<\/em> dance shoot session<\/p>\n

Evening will be for image review<\/p>\n

Day 2 (30th<\/sup> Sept, 2018) :<\/strong> After early breakfast we will explore local villages and will visit few Gomira<\/em> wooden mask craftsman\u2019s houses to document the entire mask making process<\/p>\n

After lunch, we will have a review session and by 5pm we will pack \u2013up and end of the 2 days workshop.<\/p>\n

Workshop Fee :Rs. 9,000\/-<\/strong><\/p>\n

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CANCELLATION AND REFUND POLICY<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you cancel your registration, then you will be refunded according to the following schedule, based on the full fee of the Workshop:<\/p>\n

45 days or more: 75% refund<\/p>\n

30 days or more: 50% refund<\/p>\n

Less than 30 days: 25% refund<\/p>\n

Less than 15days : Non \u2013refundable<\/p>\n

Fee Includes :<\/strong><\/p>\n