The Chhau dance of Eastern India — Orissa, Jharkhand, and West Bengal – is a blend of martial traditions, temple rituals, and folk and popular performance of this region. Episodes from the epics ...
They represent unique elements of the Purulia Chhau Dance performed in West Bengal as the colourful masks depict characters from the Hindu epics Ramayana, Mahabharata, and other Puranic legends.