Tagged: culture

Veera Kumaras - soldiers of Draupadi.

Bengaluru Karaga – 2019

Bengaluru City Karaga is probably one of the oldest festivals celebrated in the heart of the Bengaluru. It’s celebrated in the Bengaluru Kote and Market area by a community called ‘Vahnikula Kshatriyas Thigala’. Similar Karaga and Pallakki (Oora Habba) happen in villages and towns in and around Bengaluru. I have seen Karaga in...

Sita Sings The Blues

Sita Sings The Blues

“An animated version of the epic Indian tale of Ramayana set to the 1920’s jazz vocals of Annette Hanshaw” Sita, the heroine, reminds me a little of the immortal Betty Boop. But her singing voice is sexier. Paley synchs her life story and singing and dancing with recordings of the American jazz singer...