The Festival
programme featured the following parts:
| Youth Theatre
Festival featuring performances by and/or for children. (9 to
10.30 P.M. every night) |
| Special
performances (10.30 to 12 P.M. every night) featuring plays
not related to the Mahabharata. |
| Mahabharata
performances (after 12 P.M.) Live theatre, dance & puppetry
from Tamilnadu, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh featuring selected
episodes from the Mahabharata. The five nights of the festival presented a visual journey of the epic that began with the marriage
of Draupadi and ended with the final battle between Bhima and Duryodhana
on the eighteenth day of the war. |
| Off-stage
performances (after 6 A.M.) Some performances were concluded
by spectacular 'off-stage' scenes in the early morning. |
| Night |
Tuesday
March 1st |
Wednesday
March 2nd |
Thursday
March 3rd |
Friday
March 4th |
Saturday
March 5th |
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| 8.30-9 |
Mangala Isai
&
Inauguration |
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| 9-10.30 |
The Magic Horse
Kattaikkuttu
Kattaikkuttu Gurukulam,
Kanchipuram, TN |
Never For Ever
Contemporary Marionette Theatre
The Minnaminungale group,
Malappuram District, Kerala |
Possession
Kattaikkuttu
Kattaikkuttu Gurukulam,
Kanchipuram, TN |
Circus and Record Dance
Tamil Nadu Welfare Association for Circus Artists
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The Milky Ocean
Kattaikkuttu
Kattaikkuttu Gurukulam,
Kanchipuram, TN |
YouthTheatre
Festival |
| 10.30-12 |
Ganapathi
Contemporary theatre
Adhishakti,
Pondicherry |
Natya Nivedanam
Bharata Natyam
Bharatakalanjali, The Dhananjayans,
Chennai, TN
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Prahalada Nataka
Maa Thakurani Natya Samgha
Ganjam District, Orissa |
Sundharakhandam
Ramayana
Leather Puppetry
Chaya Nataka Brundam
Dharmavaram, AP |
Mixed Bill
Contemporary dance
Attakkalari
Bangalore, Karnataka
11.30- 12.00 |
Special
performances |
| 12-2 |
Krishna Lila
Veedhi Natakam
Sri Venkateshwara Kala Natya Mandali
Chittor District, AP
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Royal Sacrifice
Kattaikkuttu (Gingee style]
Kattaikkuttu Sangam
Kanchipuram / Gingee, TN |
12.00- 12.45
The Last Matriarchs
Solo Theatre
Pritham Chakravarthy
Chennai, TN
12.45 - 2.00
Kalyana Saugandhikam
Ottan Thullal
Kalamandalam Prabhakaran
Kochi, Kerala
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Kichaka Vadham
Kathakali
Abhinayam school of theatre education,
Trivandrum, Kerala |
12.00- 1.00
Aravaan
Solo Theatre
Moondraam Arangu K.S. Karuna Prasad
Chennai, TN
1.00- 3.00
Veera Abhimanyu
Yakshagana
Yakshagana Kendra
Udipi, Karnataka |
Mahabharata
performances |
| 2-4 |
Marriage of Draupadi
Kattaikkuttu
Kattaikkuttu Sangam
Kanchipuram, TN |
Disrobing of Draupadi
Kattaikkuttu
Kattaikkuttu Sangam
Kanchipuram, TN |
Saindavan
Kattaikkuttu
Kattaikkuttu Sangam
Kanchipuram, TN |
Krishna's Embassy
Kattaikkuttu
Kattaikkuttu Sangam
Kanchipuram, TN |
3.00- 6.00
Karna Moksham
Kattaikkuttu
Kattaikkuttu Sangam
Kanchipuram, TN |
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| 4-6 |
Marriage of Subhadra
Isai Natakam
Kattaikkuttu Sangam
Kanchipuram, TN |
Arjuna's Penance
Kattaikkuttu
Kattaikkuttu Sangam
Kanchipuram, TN |
Draupadi Kuravanchi
Isai Natakam
Saraswathi Women's Group
Nemili, TN |
Krishna's Embassy
(continued) |
The Eighteenth Day of the war
Kattaikkuttu
Kattaikkuttu Sangam
Kanchipuram, TN |
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>6
MORNING |
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Climbing of the 'tapas tree'
Ritual Kattaikkuttu performance |
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Slaying of Duryodhana and coronation of Dharmaraja
Ritual Kattaikkuttu performance |
Off-stage
performances |
Mail address:
Kuttu Festival 2005
16/31, Selva Vinayakar Koil Street
Vedasala Nagar
Sevilimedu Post
Kanchipuram-631502
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