Category: Events

Baripada’s Cultural Renaissance: Mayurbhanj’s Festivals and Arts Shine in 2025

Welcome, culture lovers, to another journey through India’s vibrant heartlands! Baripada, the beating pulse of Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district, is stealing the spotlight in 2025 with a cultural renaissance that’s impossible to ignore. From the electrifying Chaitra Parba festival to the empowering Rath Yatra, and bold new initiatives like the upcoming Chhau Dance Academy, Baripada is […]

Chhau Nritya & The Chaitra Parva

Although it is unknown how the word Chhau came to existence. Some say sanskrit word “chaya” ( means stealth or shadow ), is the mother of this word – some say it was “chadma” (disguise). Equipped with many forms of dances and telling various stories from Ramayana, Mahabharata to traditional folk stories, this dance form […]