The Chhau dance of Eastern India — Orissa, Jharkhand, and West Bengal – is a blend of martial traditions, temple rituals, and folk and popular performance of this region. Episodes from the epics ...

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Essay on the history of the Egungun masquerade as an indicator of the spread of Oyo influence and hegemony throughout Yorubaland. siris_sil_694471 ...