Magar Performance Culture: A Nexus between Global and Local

Abstract

This thesis mainly focuses the Magar performance culture. Despite their cultural uniqueness, their tribal performance culture is getting transformed day by day. Although a rise of new consciousness for cultural nationalism, which predominate the Magar of Gulmi district too, has great impact on them, the pressure of external forces is tending to make their primitive cultural boundary vulnerable. Among various cultural performance Sorathi and Maruni are the important song and dance which performance every occasion in their cultural performance such as marriage ceremony, annual dance party etc. Particularly this thesis focus on this performance culture and its different mode and aspect of performance.