Chhau dancers in Purulia Bappa Pabitra / Shutterstock
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The Incredible Chhau Masks Of Purulia In West Bengal
A semi-classical dance from eastern India, chhau has dancers enacting episodes from the epics
Purulia district in West Bengal is one of the traditional homes of the masked Chhau dance. The village of Charida in Purulia&ndashconsidered to be the hub of the dance&ndashhas been labelled as Mukhosh Gram (&lsquoVillage of Masks&rsquo). In 2010, Chhau was inscribed in the UNESCO&rsquos Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity and has also obtained the Geographical Identification (GI) tag.
