Budhan Stories S2E5: Art, Artists and Corona
Episode 5 of Season 2 - Nats are traditional acrobates, they walk on ropes and do acrobats and earn their livelihood. This is what they have been doing since hundreds of years but when Covid-19 arrived and lockdown was imposed their livelihood was stopped and these nomadic people has to confine themselves in their huts for many months. There was no equal food distribution by the government so they relied on people who were giving rations. They also faced police atrocity during Corona.
Created (Author) by: Keyur Bajrange. Participants: Budhan Theatre, Dakxin Chhara, Atish Indrekar, Ruchika Kodekar, Chetna Rathod, Kushal Batunge, Keyur Bajrange, Anish Garange, Siddharth Garange, Alice Tilche, Akshay Khanna, Yashodara Udupa, Anshul Agrawal, Ankita Jain, Ran jeetbhai Nat, Galakaka Nat, Dharmedra Nat, Naresh Nat.
Supplementary materials include photographs and subtitles.
Funding
Using the arts to mitigate the impact of Covid-19 among India's indigenous and nomadic communities
UK Research and Innovation
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