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The making of a God

Started by Shana A, April 10, 2010, 09:15:36 AM

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Shana A

The making of a God
The 'behrupias' of Bengal have gone from being artistes to glorified beggars
Shamik Bag

http://www.livemint.com/2010/04/09212149/The-making-of-a-God.html

Balaram Mondal is not amused. The petticoat that has been given to him stops inches above his ankles. He grunts and asks his wife for a bigger size. She pleads helplessness. Mondal has to make do with what he has.

An hour of intense preparation later, Mondal will be ready. He was Shiva yesterday; he is set to hit the road as the goddess Kali today.

At 44, Mondal has spent exactly half his life as a behrupia—the many-faced folk performers in West Bengal who dress as mythological and godly characters, among others, and traverse vast terrain collecting alms.
"Be yourself; everyone else is already taken." Oscar Wilde


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