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Prokrity O Puran depicts influence of nature and myth

22 February 2004, 18:00 PM
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Desh Natok, one of the most popular theatrical groups in the country, has arranged a weeklong drama festival, which starts from today at the Public Library Auditorium. To point out the logic behind the holding of the festival in the month ofEkushey, Shamsul Alam Bakul, the chief of the steering committee of the group, says, 'In fact,Ekusheyis an issue only for the politicians right now. But, the cultural activists consider February as a month of artistic activities. Nowadays, everybody in the country mentally prepare themselves to enjoy cultural events revolving aroundEkushey. They are not very much interested in the traditional political movements regarding Ekushey. Earlier, we expressed our messages by presentingpatha natokat the Shaheed Minar premises, but this year we would like to develop awareness among the audience through more artistic expression--stage -play.'

He adds, 'We think, nature and myth have an immense effect on people of the Indian sub-continent. Through the festival, we would like the other organisations to be involved in artistic endeavours as well. We would like to do it by reminding them about the influence of nature and myth in our belief, ideology and culture. That is why the title of the festival is 'Nature and Myth.'

In the festival the group has invited those plays which go well with the title. The participating groups are Nagorik Natyasa-mprodaya, Theatre, Dhaka Theatre, Desh Natok, Shubochan Natyas-hongshod and Uttoradhikar. Desh Natok will stage two plays while the other groups will display one play each.

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Jochhona Biswas, the eminent Jatra artiste will inaugurate the festival at the Public Library Auditorium at 6:00 p.m. on February 23.