Re: In memorium: naajar
Prasad Chodavarapu (prasad@acm6.me.uiuc.edu)
Fri, 21 Mar 1997 08:40:32 -0600 (CST)
: It was one of the entertainment for the villagers along with veedhi
: bhagavatulu, harikathalu and others in 1940s. They used to come to our
: village around Jan. I remember well, all the children used to sit very close
: to kathakudu with gavadakatlu ( for the protection of cold) in order to enjoy
: his katti jhalipimpulu. I was one among those children. Still, I remember
: very well that we used to wait for the sannivesams of BalaChandrudu Yuddham,
: Sabbai charitra and Narasingaraju vadha. They used to make reservations for
: their lunch and dinner 1 day in advance. I still remember that sentence
: "repu mi intlo bhojanalu(sahapatu)". Kathalu purti iaina tarvata,prati intiki
: chandaku vacche vallu. Everiki tochindi vallu iccevallu. biyyamo,jonnalo,
: varigalo leka dabbulo.
i would like to know if the same happens even today in villages.
when i was in my school (early 80s), every sriramanavami used to bring
all kinds of entertainment like paurANikAlu, harikathalu, burrakathalu
for all the navarAtrulu. ofcourse, urbanization coupled with
craze for films completely wiped out these annual events. is that the
smae case in villages too?
: In this context, I want to make one comment. It is our responsibility to
: continue our support for the ancient arts. Only, big conventions like TANA
: can afford to support such kind of arts. Unfortunately, the TANA leadership
: instead of encouraging our ancient arts, leaning towards spending
: money for inviting and bringing the most corrupted politicians,
: and cine artists. All of you know how much warm welcome was given to
in tana'95, one burraktha bRndam was jeered and heckled by the crowd
which wanted to listen more of bootu pATalu being passed off in the
name of folk songs. the poor organizers had such a tough time in keeping
the crowds in good humour. how can they be blamed if the crowds continue
to demand film stars and not folk artists.
regards
prasad
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