Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Globalisation in art and culture

Art knows no frontiers. If Shakespeare's works could be translated into Kannada then the criticism against English Yakshagana was not justified, according to Yakshagana artiste and critic M.Prabhakar Joshi.

He further said, 'it is not an easy task to perform Yakshagana in English. A troupe has to face many hurdles including choosing the language , dialect and writing dialogues.

Through knowledgeable sources, it is learnt that 'through English Yakshagana, the heritage of our culture would spread throughout the world.'

We can happily conclude that if American TV serials can be dubbed in Hindi, if Bharatanatyam items can be recited in various Indian languages, then , why not English Yakshagana?

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