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URL:https://map-india.org/map-events/maati-katha-earth-stories-an-object-m
 aterial-theatre-performance/
SUMMARY:Maati Katha (Earth Stories) - An Object & Material Theatre Performa
 nce
DESCRIPTION:Image Credits: Prajwal Gowda\n\n“400 islands across a watery 
 world scattered!”\n\nA region of extreme ecological and environmental vu
 lnerability\, the Sunderbans is a vast forested delta area in West Bengal 
 and Bangladesh where great rivers combine and split\, before merging into 
 the Bay of Bengal. In this dangerous and magical land\, living is about a 
 fragile balance between land and water\, forest and field\, domestic and w
 ild\, human and human\, human and non-human\, calm and storm. As each stak
 es claim\, as each encroaches upon the other’s space\, how does life man
 age to thrive?\n\nStories and beliefs form essential anchors for the peopl
 e of the Sunderbans\, with the ‘Bonbibi’ legend looming large in the p
 opular imagination. Bonbibi is said to have come to the ‘Land of the 18 
 Tides’ to help the people\, the tigers\, the deer\, the crabs\, the tree
 s—all beings that cohabit the land. But\, only if we agree to the land's
  terms. And when she looks away\, devastation follows! Episodes from this 
 legend\, as well as everyday aspects of Sunderbans life\, are depicted by 
 the traditional and contemporary doll-makers of Sunderbans.\n\nMaati Katha
  (Earth Stories) brings these dolls—originally used for worship\, child
 ’s play and display—into the theatre for the first time\, combining th
 ese art and craft traditions with contemporary object and material theatre
  practices. The play brings alive the Sunderbans through these clay dolls 
 and the shape-shifting ‘maati’ (clay\, mud\, soil\, earth\, land)\, th
 at not only forms the dolls\, but also defines the land and grounds the ph
 ilosophy of the region. In doing so\, Maati Katha invites us to celebrate 
 human resilience in the midst of fragility—a resilience that enables div
 erse communities to hold together through repeated upheavals of natural ca
 lamity and human violence. Bonbibi’s philosophy reigns\, “You are all 
 connected: the crocodile\, the tiger\, water\, forest\, land\, all human b
 eings … All!”\n\n&nbsp\;
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