Maithili Naach: A Need for Redrawing the Boundary
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Jha, Sudip Kumar
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Department of English
Abstract
Much of the scholarship ontheatre of Mithilanchal focuses on the classical
Maithilitheatre and the ModernMaithilitheatre. 'Naach,' a form of folk theatre has
been subsided and put into the margin in spite of the fact that this very style of
performance occupies most of thepercentageof the total theatrical activities in the
region. 'Naach',isa source of entertainment for most of the people of this region.It
communicates traditional ethnic values to them. However, very few scholars have put
this form of theatre at the centerof their studies as it exists in oral form and is the
theatre of unlettered people.