http://www.lightstalkers.org/galleries/contact_sheet/30478 Jatra (origin: Yatra meaning procession or journey in Sanskrit) was the most popular folk theatre form of Bengali theatre, spread throughout most of the Bengali speaking areas of the undivided Bengal since it’s beginning. In an era, when there were no theatre houses or fixed stages in Bengal, jatra evolved its idiom in actual jatras or religious processions (yatra) of devotees that moved from one place to another singing and dancing to the tunes of kirtan or religious songs. The jatra movement gradually moved to the urban areas, and even brought literary works to the rural masses which were predominantly illiterate at the time, this meant that the plot, storyline and narrative remained simple, and often didactic. In Bangladesh, the tradition of Jatra has started to lose its fame of hundreds of years, in the main stream theatre. It has been replaced by other various means of entertainments. For this, the artists, who are working in such troupes for generations, are suffering by all means. In this project, I wanted to share the melodramatic life of Jatra artists. Some of the artists are working in different Jatra troupes for generations. They don’t only act on stage; the tension, the aggression, the exaggerated emotion are visible in their faces even when they are off stage. http://www.lightstalkers.org en-us http://images.lightstalkers.org/avatars/41976/240206_1905627913812_1035188702_32186668_4129597_o_small.jpg http://www.lightstalkers.org/Mahzabin Haque <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1241630/jatra_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1241630'>view full-size image</a> http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1241630 Tue, 30 Aug 2011 07:45:27 +0000 http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1241630 <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1241630/jatra_small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1241630'>view full-size image</a> Mahzabin Haque <img src='http://images.lightstalkers.org/images/1240967/1__1__small.jpg' /><br /><br /><a href='http://www.lightstalkers.org/images/show/1240967'>view full-size image</a> 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