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KATHI-KUNDHERI-NACHA OF ORISSA
Posted Date: 21 Jan 2008 Resource Type: Articles/Knowledge Sharing Category: General
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Posted By: SajithkumarS Member Level: Diamond
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KATHI-KUNDHERI-NACHA OF ORISSA
Literally Kathi means a rod while Kundhei and Nachak respectively mean a
and dance. Thus Kathi-Kundhei nacha means the dance of the dolls attached
to rods. Compared to the Putul-nach figures, the rod-puppets of Orissa are
much smaller in size. Usually they are about 12 to 18 inches. Most of these
pupets have joints at the neck and two shoulders. While the head of the pup-
pet figure is attached to a rod by which it is manipulated, the hands are usu-
ally tied to strings. Thus elements of rod and string puppets are combined in
this form of puppetry, but the puppets are manipulated not from above but
from below. Therefore, this form of puppetry is more appropriately grouped
under the rod-type. The technique of manipulation, though not complicated, is
inaginative.At times,using simple yet effective technique the audience is kept
spell-bound, such as, when goddess Durga drives her spear deep into the chest
of demon Mahishasura, or when Rama's arrow pierces the heart of demoness Tad-
aka.The Kathi-Kundhei performance is highly operatic in its verbal elements
since most of the dialogues are sung and impromptu prose dialogues are infre-
quently used.The music admirably blends folk tunes with classical Odissi tunes
The performance begins with a short preliminary invocatory orchestral music
called stuti which literally means 'eulogy'. After the preliminary the puppet
play is presented. Themes of these plays are based on episodes from puranic
liteatures and epics like Ramayana, Mahabharata, Srimad Bhagavata, etc.
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