On a chilly December evening in Hatbati village, under the open sky, the air was filled with a sense of nostalgia and excitement. Wrapped in warm shawls and blankets, villagers from Batiaghata upazila ...

The month-long Jatra Registration Festival formally concluded in Dhaka on Friday (January 23) with a city procession, a closing ceremony at Bangladesh Shilpakala Academy, and a lifetime achievement ...

Gangpur railway station is on the Howrah-Burdwan line. When we get off there, it is not yet dusk. The winter countryside is stark. The harvest is over and done with, and swathes of paddy fields now ...

A century-old manuscript of traditional jatra pala (folk theatre) has been discovered in Gopalganj, shedding new light on rich folk-cultural heritage in the region. The manuscript belongs to Binapani ...

The devotees got a glimpse of 'jatra pala' (Bengali opera) amidst cacophony at the pandal of Kashi Durgotsav Samiti at Maharaja Chet Singh Fort on Saturday night. Bengali actress Sayantika was the ...

Jatra or travelling theatre, as one knows, is a form where theatre artists travel from village to village and perform to large audiences who would gather together on a field where a temporary wooden ...