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Makar Dhwaj Darogha (b. 1935)

Seraikela court-lineage Chhau choreographer in Jharkhand safeguarding pastel-masked pharikhanda sword-and-shield dance poetry.

Seraikela Chhau guru holding a sculpted pastel Chhau mask in an akhada courtyard

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Seraikela Chhau guru holding a sculpted pastel Chhau mask in an akhada courtyard
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Trained within the royal Seraikela akhada tradition along the Kharkai river and serving for decades as principal guru of the Government Seraikela Chhau Dance Centre, Makar Dhwaj Darogha preserved understated, lyrical masked solos including Ratri (Night), Mayura (Peacock), and Chandrabhaga. 1

Where Purulia Chhau emphasises external acrobatics, Darogha transmitted Seraikela's subtle torso inflections and sword-exercise footwork, earning the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award and Padma Shri (2011). 1

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Chhau dance
Seraikela & Purulia, India · Dance
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Seraikela Chhau and Guru Makar Dhwaj DaroghaSangeet Natak Akademi, New Delhi, 2011—
"Makar Dhwaj Darogha (b. 1935)." Folkroom Archive (Artists), https://folkroom.org/artists/makar-dhwaj-darogha · CC BY-SA 4.0.
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