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| ICCR to organize "Hern festival" on Jan 11 | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Jan 2: Aiming to revive performing arts traditions of Jammu, Indian Council for Cultural Relations, Ministry of External Affairs, regional office Jammu has decided to organize "Hern festival" on January 11 at Press Club.
Giving details Regional Director of ICCR Balwant Thakur, informed that 'Hern' was one of the dying performing art tradition of Jammu region and to give it a new fillip and international projection, all identified active groups of 'Hern' would be given the opportunity to perform in their respective village in their own cultural milieu and finally best of the group would be invited to Jammu to perform at Press Club Lawns on 11th of January, 2014 and would be projected internationally.
Describing about 'Hern' Balwant Thakur further informed that the performances of traditional Hern are associated with the festival of 'LOHRI'.
This traditional theatre which in the absence of patronage and support is almost vanished from the Districts of Udhampur, Kathua, and Reasi.
A group of performers with Hern (Deer) as its central character supported by a group of folk dancers in traditional attire, local drum players and few prominent characters like 'Raja', 'Wazir', 'Sadhu', and a caretaker of Hern move in a carnival and this mobile traditional theatre moves from house to house covering the entire village. Singing and dancing, this group of performers reflect upon the socio, economic and political state of the area through small satiristcal acts. The Raja represents the Ruler, the Wazir represents the bureaucracy, and the co-dancers, the public and there begins the caricature of the rule, the wisdom behind and the sufferings of the comman-man.
Two actors wearing a mask of the deer, through their body language, create interesting rhythmic moves.
The traditional play moves at the will of the movement of 'Hern'. The change of the postures of the Hern gives new twists to the story line and all performers judiciously follow that. With lot of possibilities of the assimilation of contemporary themes and immense capacity to comment on the present this vibrant colourful theatre is dying a miserable death. |
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