Folk Theatre of Orissa |
Common terms and phrases
amateur Arjuna arts audience Badha Baishnab Pani Balasore Banku Bengal Bhadrak Bharat Leela Chadaya Nata Chadayani chorus singers coloured costume Cuttack Cymbals district of Cuttack district of Ganjam Dwari Leela entertainment episodes farces female roles festival folk-play Gahaka Ganesha Govind groups Guru Hanuman Haran harmonium Hiranyakashipu humour Jagannath Jagannath Pani Krishna Krishna Leela Lakshmana language large number Machan make-up Mardala masks Mirza Moghul Tamasha mythological Narasimha Natya Odissi operatic orchestra orchestral music Orissa Orissa Sangeet Natak Oriya language Oriya Yatra Panda patronage Pattanaik playwright Prahlad Natak prevailing prose dialogues Purana Puri Radha Raja Ram Leela Ram Leela performances Rama Rama Navami Ramayana Rasa Ravana rural rustic Sangeet Natak Akademi Sanskrit drama scenes Seeta Shaivism Shiva side characters sing their dialogues song dialogue stage stock character style Suanga Suanga plays Subhadra Sutradhara temples tradition Vaishnava verse village Vishnu Yatra parties Yatra plays Yatra troupes Zamindars