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Chhau mask, the Glossary

The Chhau mask is a traditional cultural heritage of Purulia in the Indian state of West Bengal.^[1]

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Geographical indications in West Bengal
Purulia district

Ancient Greek comedy

Ancient Greek comedy was one of the final three principal dramatic forms in the theatre of classical Greece (the others being tragedy and the satyr play).

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Arjuna

Arjuna was an ancient prince of the Kuru Kingdom, located in the present-day India.

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Arts of West Bengal

The Indian state, West Bengal has a rich cultural heritage. Chhau mask and Arts of West Bengal are culture of West Bengal.

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Baghmundi

Baghmundi is a village, with a police station, in the Baghmundi CD block in the Jhalda subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India.

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Charida

Charida (also referred to as Chorida, Chorda) is a village in the Baghmundi CD block in the Jhalda subdivision of the Purulia district in the state of West Bengal, India.

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Chhau dance

Chhau, also spelled Chhou, is a semi classical Indian dance with martial and folk traditions. Chhau mask and Chhau dance are culture of West Bengal.

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Durga

Durga (दुर्गा) is a major Hindu goddess, worshipped as a principal aspect of the mother goddess Mahadevi.

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Gambhir Singh Mura

Gambhir Singh Mura (1930 – 9 November 2002) was an Indian tribal dancer known for his contributions to the tribal martial dance of Chhau.

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Ganesha (गणेश), also spelled Ganesh, and also known as Ganapati, Vinayaka, Lambodara and Pillaiyar, is one of the best-known and most worshipped deities in the Hindu pantheon and is the Supreme God in the Ganapatya sect.

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Geographical indication

A geographical indication (GI) is a name or sign used on products which corresponds to a specific geographical location or origin (e.g., a town or region).

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Greek tragedy

Greek tragedy is one of the three principal theatrical genres from Ancient Greece and Greek inhabited Anatolia, along with comedy and the satyr play.

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Green Goblin (Ultimate Marvel character)

The Green Goblin (Norman Osborn) is a fictional supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics.

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Jatayu

Jatayu (जटायु) is a demigod in the Hindu epic Ramayana, who has the form of either an eagle or a vulture.

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Kartikeya

Kartikeya, also known as Skanda, Subrahmanya, Shanmukha and Murugan, is the Hindu god of war.

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Krishna

Krishna (Sanskrit: कृष्ण) is a major deity in Hinduism.

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Lakshmana

Lakshmana (lit), also known as Laxmana, Saumitra and Ramanuja, is a Hindu god and the younger brother of Rama in the Hindu epic Ramayana.

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List of geographical indications in India

A geographical indication (GI) is a name or sign used on certain products which corresponds to a specific geographical location or origin (e.g., a town, region, or country).

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Mahishasura

Mahishasura is a bovine asura in Hinduism.

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Mystery play

Mystery plays and miracle plays (they are distinguished as two different forms although the terms are often used interchangeably) are among the earliest formally developed plays in medieval Europe.

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Nadia district

Nadia is a district in the state of West Bengal, India.

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Narasimha

Narasimha (lit), sometimes rendered Narasingha, is the fourth avatar of the Hindu god Vishnu.

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Narayana

Narayana is one of the forms and epithets of Vishnu.

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Padma Shri

The Padma Shri (IAST: padma śrī), also spelled Padma Shree, is the fourth-highest civilian award of the Republic of India, after the Bharat Ratna, the Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan.

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Papier-mâché

Mardi Gras papier-mâché masks, Haiti Papier-mâché, frequently written as paper mache, is a composite material consisting of paper pieces or pulp, sometimes reinforced with textiles, and bound with an adhesive, such as glue, starch, or wallpaper paste.

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Parashurama

Parashurama, also referred to as Rama Jamadagnya, Rama Bhargava and Virarama, is the sixth avatar among the Dashavatara of the preserver god Vishnu in Hinduism.

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Parvati

Parvati (पार्वती), also known as Uma (उमा) and Gauri (गौरी), is the Hindu goddess of power, energy, nourishment, harmony, love, beauty, devotion, and motherhood.

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Purulia

Purulia, officially Purulia Sadar, is a city and a municipality in the Indian state of West Bengal.

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Purulia district

Purulia district (Pron: puruliːaː) is one of the twenty-three districts of West Bengal state in Eastern India.

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Rama

Rama is a major deity in Hinduism.

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Ramayana

The Ramayana (translit-std), also known as Valmiki Ramayana, as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (also described as a Sanskrit epic) from ancient India, one of the two important epics of Hinduism known as the Itihasas, the other being the Mahabharata.

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Ravana

Ravana was an ancient mythological king of the island of Lanka, and the chief antagonist in the Hindu epic Ramayana.

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Saraswati

Saraswati (सरस्वती), also spelled as Sarasvati, is the Hindu goddess of knowledge, music, flowing water, abundance and wealth, art, speech, wisdom, and learning.

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Shiva

Shiva (lit), also known as Mahadeva (Category:Trimurti Category:Wisdom gods Category:Time and fate gods Category:Indian yogis.

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Sugriva

Sugriva (lit), is a character In the ancient Hindu epic Ramayana.

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Sutradhar (caste)

Sutradhar, also known as Sutar or Suthar is a Hindu caste within the Vishwakarma community of Indian subcontinent.

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Tandava

Tandava (also spelled as), also known as, is a divine dance performed by Hindu god Shiva.

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The Hindu

The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper owned by The Hindu Group, headquartered in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhau_mask

Chhau mask, the Glossary

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Geographical indications in West Bengal

Purulia district

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