Purulia is a city located in West Bengal state, India, and is famous for the “chhau” dance, which is an Indian tribal martial dance, popular in the Indian states of Orissa, Jharkhand and West Bengal. The themes for these dances include local legends, folklore and episodes from the Ramayana and Mahabharata and other. Filmed and edited by Manohar, Auroville.
At best they invite some gods and beings of the vital world where much falsehood is mixed with fragments of truth, at worst they invoke certain dangerous forces in the atmosphere.