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VOL. XXIII NO. 19, JANUARY 16-31, 2014
Dates for your diary

Till January 31: Village Festival at DakshinaChitra, as follows:

Till January 20: Mayilattam, Karagam and Poikkal Kudhirai by Thanigai Raju and troupe, Tamil Nadu.

Till January 27: Lambani dance by Visvakarma and troupe from Andhra Pradesh.

January 29-31: Thappattam by Adi Vishnu and troupe.

Till January 25: A Journey in Solitude – solo show by Yusuf Arakkul (at DakshinaChitra.)

January 22-February 3: Kerala Murals. Group show by Naveen, Sunil Kumar and Baburaj (at DakshinaChita).

January 22-February 23: Water Colours by Gayathri (at DakshinaChitra).

February 8-16: Glass Sculpting by Anjali Srinivasan (at DakshinaChitra).

February 26-March 10: Paintings by Dakshinamurthy (at DakshinaChitra).

February 28-March 9: Puppet Festival 2014. Three groups – Calcutta Puppet Theatre, Tripura Puppet Theatre and Ramakrishna Kottabommalattam – will hold performances for visitors. The groups will also hold a workshop that will focus on developing creativity and improving folk media skills (at DakshinaChitra).

Workshops at DakshinaChitra

For Adults

January 25: Numismatics/coin collection.

February 8-9: Macrame Wall Hangings.

February 20-21: Glass sculpting

February 23: Saree draping

For Children

January 25: Wheel and coil pottery (8-14 years).

February 25: String Art – puppets made with jute coir (8-14 years).

For details: 98417 77779.

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