Mythological Cloth Storytelling - Great Fun For Entire Family
Thursday, April 5th, 2007What: Traditional Pabuji ki Par storytelling by arguably the best Rajasthani Bhopa/Bhopi
Where: India Community Center, Milpitas, CA
When: Saturday 14, 2007 from 5:00 PM to 7:00 PM
Who: Mohan Bhopa, Patasi Bhopi, and Kalyan Joshi
How: Book tickets now
- Buy admission tickets online at sulekha.com
- RANA members tickets from www.rana.org
How much: All proceeds go to the artists
- FREE to children and RANA members (donations are welcome),
- $5 for general public (over 12 years)
Why: Support our traditional art and artists
More: events@rana.org, 408-446-2113, www.rana.org
Cloth storytelling is an ancient tradition, and Mohan Bhopa and Patasi Bhopi from Churu district, Rajasthan, are some of the best exponents of this tradition today. They have performed in Portugal, France, and the U. S. besides being featured in the annual Jaipur International Heritage Festival. RANA, with support from India Community Center and the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, is extremely pleased to host these artists for its members and the community.
Currently in San Francisco on an invitation of the Asian Art Museum, these artists will recite the age-old story of how camels came to Rajasthan and Pabuji, who brought the camels, accompanied by folk music on a ravanhatto against a backdrop of a richly painted Par depicting various events in the life of Pabuji. Pabuji is highly revered as a deity by many in Rajasthan, and Pabuji ki Par takes the simple message of Pabuji to every common man.
Donations are accepted and all donations go to the storytellers just like in Rajasthan. This event will be free to all RANA members. Non-members are encouraged to join RANA to start enjoying RANA’s wide programming and non-programming benefits.