Pandavani: Bhima as hero (Teejan Bai)

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A Chhattisgarh folk singer holds the Mahabharata with an ektara and Bhima as protagonist.

Pandavani of Chhattisgarh narrates Mahabharata episodes with Bhima as hero. Teejan Bai exemplifies the Kapalik style (free improvisation from memory), while the Vedamati style follows Sabbal Singh Chauhan's Doha-Chaupai Mahabharat. Performers often spend hours on a single episode.

Who: Bhima, Teejan Bai

Places: Chhattisgarh

Where this comes from

folk-oral · Wikipedia: Pandavani

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