Chau

Jagannath Chaudhuri

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Jagannath Chaudhuri is an eminent Chau artist of Purulia. He has participated in more than 300 events and performed all over West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha, Gujarat, Chennai and Delhi. His performance has taken him to foreign shores like London (2010), Bangladesh (2011), Japan (2013) and i France (2015 & 2017).

Baghambar Mura

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Baghambar Mura started learning Chau from his father at a very young age and is a leading Chau dancer from Purulia. He has performed in Kolkata, Nimdih (of the state of West Bengal). Mura has performed in Paris in 1985

Shambhunath Karmakar

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Shambhunath Karmakar is a noted artist of Purulia. He started his career at the age of five under the guidance of his father and grandfather. He has his own group : Sevajatna Chau Prashikshan Kendra. Shambhunath has performed in Kolkata, Madhya Pradesh, Purnia, Delhi and overseas in places like Japan in 2012, Sri Lanka and China in 2015 and in Lithuania in 2017.

Binadhar Kumar

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Binadhar Kumar is a veteran Chau dancer who began dancing at the age of 14. He has learnt from his father Ramnath Kumar who was a noted dancer and his guru. He belongs to Radhanath Chau Nritya Bikash Kendra of Bamnia. Binadhar has performed in Kolkata, Delhi, Goa and Odisha.

Mousumi Chowdhury

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Mousumi is a leading woman Chau dancer, an art form native to Purulia in the state of West Bengal in India. By being the first woman to learn and perform Chau, a male bastion for ages, she is an inspiration for other girls learning the art. Born in Maldi village of Balarampur in Purulia, Mousumi started dancing Chau at the age of 10, learning the art from her father, Jagannath Choudhury, an accomplished Chau exponent. Mousumi is pursuing her Master in Arts post-graduation degree in Bengali from Sidhu Kanu University in Purulia. She works as a part time teacher at a local school and teaches Chau dance in her university. She has performed in Kolkata, Purulia and Jhargram and is scheduled to perform in Norway in September 2018.

Kartik Singh Mura

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Kartik Singh Mura is an eminent and senior Chau artist from Purulia district and leads a Chau dance troupe named Adibasi Chau Nritya Dal. He started learning the art from his father, legendary Chau artist and Padma Shri award winner Gambhir Singh Mura. Kartik has performed across India and abroad, including in France, Japan, Israel and Thailand.

Bhuban Kumar

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Veteran Chau artist Bhuban Kumar is a Chau dancer was born in 1962 at bamnia village of Jhalda II block in Puruliia . His father Late Prabhudas Kumar was a well-known chau artist of the district. Bhuban Kumar inspired by his father and started to practice dance at the age of 12. Since then his father noticed the passion of this young artist and boosted him to keep continuing his skill. He started to perform in their village team. In 1985 he formed a new chau team and developed some new Production like “ Santhal Bidroho, Sidhu Kanu, Nabab Murshid Kuli Khan, Kargil Juddha” etc which are still popular at the same pace. Apart from Bengal & Jharkhand, Bhuban Kumar performed in many places across the country.