Keeping folk art alive

Published on May 13, 2022

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This is the story of an artist whose work revolves around his life experiences. He takes lessons from his origin and portrays it through his art. Artist Tapan Moharana believes that we should work more with folk art as it is our identity. In this episode the artist talks about his project around Raban Chhaya — traditional shadow puppetry that originated from Odisha — and how he plans to work with different communities to keep the art form alive.

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